US Ban on Smoking in Public Housing Is Upheld

US Ban on Smoking in Public Housing Is Upheld
A cigarette butt lies on a street in New York on May 10, 2017. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a ban on smoking in federally subsidized public housing.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) properly enacted a 2016 rule requiring state and local public housing agencies to ban cigarettes, cigars, and pipes inside housing units and indoor common areas, and outside within 25 feet of those spaces.