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EDITORIAL: Our view: Salem councilors right in rejecting smoking ban 

Jump to full article: Salem (MA) Evening News, 2010-03-19

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A Salem City Council committee took the wiser course Tuesday in rejecting a proposal to ban smoking in the city's public housing units.

For one thing, as Assistant City Solicitor Jerry Parisella advised, the council lacks jurisdiction to impose rules on the tenants of these units, which were built and are operated with state funds. . . .

There's nothing wrong with the SHA stepping up the effort to discourage people from smoking. But an outright ban crosses the line.

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