Jump to full article: Stillwater (OK) News-Press, 2009-10-09
Author: Monique Headley
Intro: A new law could mean the end of smoking within public housing in Stillwater.
Congress passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act earlier this year, and President Barack Obama signed the bill this summer.
Stillwater Public Housing Authority Executive Director L. Glen Redding said he will draft a revised policy for review and vote by the authority no later than February. The updated policy could go into affect as early as March, he said.
The authority has banned smoking in public housing common areas since 1985, he said, and this proposal would extend the ban to individual homes.
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