Why don't you try to contact the manager of the strip mall? Some properties will put a blue line or zone outside of building entrances so that smokers smoke away from the entrances to offices. I suspect it would have to be a voluntary measure by the property owner, there is no law requiring that they do it.

Looks like you could try calling the DC Dept of Health's Tobacco Control Program to ask about this: (202) 442-5433. http://doh.dc.gov/service/smoke-free-and-tobacco-laws

Sorry I should have specified, Brentwood, the neighborhood in DC.

Anonymous wrote:There probably already is a law as to how close to the building you can smoke. The real issue is enforcement, which I suspect is not going to happen.

In some states, yes, but it does not appear that Maryland is one of those states.

Here's a link summarizing Maryland's Clean Indoor Air Act: http://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/sites/health/PGCHI/Air%20Quality/Clean%20Indoor%20Air%20Act/Pages/default.aspx. If you have any questions, you should contact the relevant PG County office.

OP here: According to the administration, there isn't. There aren't even any signs up.

There probably already is a law as to how close to the building you can smoke. The real issue is enforcement, which I suspect is not going to happen.

I'm not sure if this it the forum to post this in, but my son recently started at a daycare in Brentwood. It's in a strip mall that has a Social Security Office. There is a line in the morning that waits for the SS office to open, and we often find people smoking while they wait.

I'm trying to see if there is any way I can make the area a tobacco free zone as there are so many kids that walk past them every single morning. Does anyone know the process or the governing body I should speak to?

Thank you so much for your help!