joining us this morning, patrick kwan, he's director of nyc smoke-free, and ashley engelman from the american cancer society. to both of you, patrick and ashley, thank you for joining us. this is, right now, only a proposal. where does it stand in the, sort of, legislative, mandated perspective here? >> yeah, well, right now, the proposal is to eliminate smoking units. that includes smoking in your apartment, but it also includes smoking in the administrative offices or within 25 feet of the buildings. >> of any building. so, kids playing outside, if you're within 25 feet, you can't do that. where does it stand bureaucratically? and why will it take -- there was a lag that rob was talking about of how long it's gonna take before it actually is implemented. why so long? why not just say, "you can't smoke anymore"? >> sure. well, actually, there's a public-comment period for people to participate and share their thoughts. nyc smoke-free has done a number of surveys with nycha residents, and we've found overwhelmingly people who support smoke-free housing protections, including, actually