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Hospital-smoking plan amended

The Denver City Council decided Monday that a proposed smoking ban in areas surrounding hospitals was contentious enough that the proposal should be approved only on a trial basis. At the urging of Councilman Charlie Brown, the council agreed to amend the proposal so that the law would be automatically repealed in two years and reconsidered then. Brown said he feared the proposed smoking ban in the public rights of way surrounding hospitals would push smokers to clog residential areas. "People are worried smokers will be putting out their Cigarettes in their flower pots," Brown said. Councilwoman Carol Boigon had pushed the proposal and expressed frustration at the amendment. "Sick people need to be able to come into hospitals safely," she said. Boigon argued that science has established smoking is harmful. She said hospitals had requested the ordinance, which would establish a $300 fine for those smoking in the right of ways, such as sidewalks and medians, surrounding hospitals. The council approved Brown's amendment on an 8-7 vote. The council then agreed to vote on the final amended version next week. Christopher N. Osher: 303-954-1747 or cosher@denverpost.com