Johnston Public Housing Authority Goes Smoke Free

The Johnston Housing Authority is kicking its habit of allowing tenants to smoke in apartments. That changed on Jan. 2 when the JHA joined 16 other housing authorities in the state to provide smoke-free living to tenants.

The Johnston Housing Authority went smoke free on Jan. 2, joining 15 other public housing authorities in the state to provide smoke-free living for tenants, the authority announced in a release. The housing authority established and enacted a no smoking policy for its facilities at Aime J. Forand and Claiborne Pell Manor, 8 Forand Circle and 1609 Plainfield Pike, Johnston. The town joins 16 other state public housing authorities in the move to ban cigarettes. A U.S. Housing and Urban Development recommendation first issued in 2009, said that HUD issued a notice regarding non-smoking policies in public housing. The notice strongly encourages public housing authorities to implement non-smoking policies in some, or all, of their public …

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