Smoking banned in public housing nationwide – IOTW Report

Smoking banned in public housing nationwide

CBS:  Smokers can no longer light up in or near public housing facilities in the U.S. due to a new rule that went into effect July 31. The nationwide ban on smoking in public housing was implemented nearly two years after the rule was passed by the Obama administration in 2016.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) now prohibits the use of cigarettes, cigars and pipes in all public housing units and common areas, as well as any outdoor areas up to 25 feet from public housing and administrative office buildings. The ban does not apply to e-cigarettes, snuff and chewing tobacco, although there may be restrictions on those in some areas.  more here

21 Comments on Smoking banned in public housing nationwide

  1. “…implemented nearly two years after the rule was passed by the Obama administration in 2016…”

    Does public housing include the White House? That would explain why it wasn’t implemented until President Newport was gone. The thought of him bringing the hammer down on his fellow public housing smokers makes me chuckle.

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  2. Watching the enforcement of this law should be fun to watch. LEOs aren’t going to waste their time on this.
    The signing ceremony, back slapping and virtue signaling by the dogooders was its only purpose.

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  3. You want the government to take care of you, then you have to play by their rules. Smokers in public housing may end up realizing that if they stopped spending $7 a pack on smokes, that they wont need to be in public housing anymore.

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  4. Can you imagine all the spying by voluntary lifestyle-snoopers; their noses to the floor sniffing under neighbors’ front doors?

    Then come the nazi-lifestyle-enforcement-police breaking doors down in the middle of the night and sniffer dogs tearing offenders’ throats out.

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  5. I would wager the amount of smokers in public housing is around 95%.
    Far above the nationwide average.
    I am always curious why?
    Uneducated?
    Ignorant?
    Easily addicted?
    The cost of cigarettes should be prohibitive for those folks but I’m guessing taxpayers are actually paying for their tobacco too.
    Fuck em.
    The indisputable fact is that smokers ruin every environment they enter.
    The smoke, the smell, the butts, the ashes.
    Their foul stench remains like a nasty asshole apparition long after they vacate the premise. 🙁

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  6. Don’t go away mad Jack…just go away.
    We don’t get many snowflakes in these parts…
    Sorry if I offended your sensibilities.
    Smoke all you want you inconsiderate, indolent prick.
    Enjoy your public housing and EBT while you still have lungs. 🙂

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  7. The Smoke Nazis are at it again.
    It’s no coincidence that Hitler hated smoking … and meat.
    He called beef bullion “corpse tea.”
    And there was that Turk guy – the Pasha (whatever) who executed those caught smoking – unless they were smoking hashish.

    My, my – we’ve come a long way, haven’t we?

    izlamo delenda est …

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