Starbucks Bans Smoking Within 25 Feet of Stores

Policy goes into effect June 1

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If you are a coffee-and-smokes type of person, you'll probably find hanging out at Starbucks a bit annoying in a few days. The Seattle-based giant will restrict smoking within 25 feet of its storefronts starting on June 1. Electronic cigarettes will also be banned at the retailer's 7,000 U.S. locations on that date.

While the website for a WJXT, an independent TV station in Jacksonville, Fla., first reported the outdoors ban, Starbucks confirmed the item with Adweek.

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