Performance Specification Guide SD-15 18 Specification Requirements Performance Specification Detail Specification Section 3 - Requirements The biggest differences between performance and detail specifications are in Section 3. 1. General States what is required, but not how to do it.
Image caption The Smoke-Free Air Act has helped to cut the number of adult smokers in New York. New York City is marking 10 years since its ban on smoking in indoor public places, with officials saying the move has prevented 10,000 premature deaths.Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that fewer New Yorkers are smoking and we are living longer.en years ago when New York City prohibited smoking in restaurants and bars, many predicted the end of the hospitality, restaurant and tourism industries, the mayor said in a statement on Wednesday to mark the introduction of the Smoke-Free Air Act in 2003.
California would become the first state to make it illegal for youths under 21 to buy tobacco products. In 46 other states and the District of Columbia, the legal age is 18. In Alaska, Alabama and Utah, it's 19. California already is the only state that bans smoking in bars and private workplaces and one of two that prohibit retailers from advertising tobacco within 1,000 feet of schools. The Legislature is expected to raise cigarette taxes this year from 87 cents to $1.52 a pack, highest in the nation.