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Secondhand smoke in Apartments in
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February 23, 2016
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El Paso
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El Paso

2/21/15

El Paso public housing communities will be smoke-free El Paso Times The Housing Authority of the City of El Paso will seek to create safer and healthier environments by making all of its public housing smoke-free, according to a new policy that the authority's commissioners adopted.

Houston

1/31/14 Houston Housing Authority Implements Smoke-Free Policy at Its 25 Properties Throughout Houston PR.com In an effort to protect non-smokers, especially children, from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, the Houston Housing Authority has implemented a smoke-free policy at its 25 public housing and tax credit properties throughout the city.
1/25/14 Houston Housing Authority implements no smoking policy MyFoxHouston.com Sure, there are no smoking signs in public places but now certain residents won't be allowed to smoke inside their own home.
1/24/14 Smoking banned at Houston public housing Houston Chronicle Beginning this month, smoking is prohibited at the agency's 25 public housing and tax credit properties throughout the city.

San Antonio

12/21/11 Make it hard to smoke San Antonio Express-News Smoking on private property, whether on parade routes or in our neighborhoods, should be regulated. It is a nuisance.

Temple

12/27/13 E-Cigarettes Allowed Inside Temple Housing KCENTV.com The Central Texas Housing Consortium will ban smoking inside their buildings starting January 1, 2014, but they will allow e-cigarettes.
3/3/13 Central Texas Housing Consortium: Smoke-free housing under consideration Daily Telegram Residents will be asked to give their input regarding a no smoking policy proposal in Central Texas Housing Consortium buildings.

Tyler

7/5/15 Smoking is bad, but what about privacy? TylerPaper.com “Mayor Bill de Blasio is ramping up the city’s war against smoking — at home, ...

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