The US plans to ban smoking in public housing — but will it work?

http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/17/13987432/smoking-ban-public-housing-urban-development-health ^ | Dec 17, 2016 | Alessandra Potenza

[jmacusa]

Food Stamps. You can buy pretty much anything with Food Stamps.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

While they’re at it they should ban marijuana, cocaine and heroin too!

Who knew solving the addiction epidemic would be so easy!

[exit82]

Bonus points for appropriate use Blazing Saddles dialogue.

[ari-freedom]

We should be focused on moving public housing away from the government instead of trying to manage it with rules in order to control costs

[ari-freedom]

The governnents wants to give hand outs...so that everyone has to follow their rules

[Gritty]

Simpson, a charismatic 54-year-old...

She has been on the dole her entire life. Talk about a complete failure of public policy!

[Rusty0604]

I’m sure San Francisco only banned tobacco, not any other smoking. That’s what they did in their parks.

[Haiku Guy]

You take the King’s coin, you must play the King’s tune.

That said, the so called “science” behind the second hand smoke restrictions is pure bullshit.

[jospehm20]

Just tobacco? Will dope still be OK to smoke in public housing?

[dsrtsage]

As long as they don’t cross the line and ban crack

[Uncle Sam 911]

the problem is that they love living off the taxpayers, not that they smoke. Of course, having us pay their rent frees up cash for other things.

[stocksthatgoup]

Nurse Kratchet on duty

[rlmorel]

I don’t have anything against smoking or people who smoke.

What I do have a problem with is someone living someplace using MY money that I earned, and having enough money to buy cigarettes.

One has to ask the basic question: how is it that a person doesn’t have enough money to buy food or pay rent, and has to take it out of my paycheck, but can buy cigarettes?

[Daffynition]

[I want the USA back]

How about banning illegal drugs, prostitution, wife beating and murder?

[dsrtsage]

“How much extra does it cost to clean the apartment of a smoker once they vacate?”

Hahahahaha. Clean!!! Hahhaahahahaha! You have obviously never visited public housing before. (Not that that is in any way a bad thing)

[glenduh]

“If you can’t send money, send tobacco.” – (to the Continental Congress, 1776 ) George Washington

[Iron Munro]

April Simpson has been living in the Queensbridge Houses, a public housing development in Queens, New York, her whole life.

It's easy to see the real problem and it's not cigarette smoking.

She has been living in a public housing development "HER WHOLE LIFE" !!!!!

[Iron Munro]

Just tobacco products?

Or bongs, crack pipes and whacky weed too?

And what wuil they do to violators?

Boot them out?

Fine them when all they have (supposedly) is taxpayer money?

[Trump20162020]

Sounds completely unenforceable, but I guess gives some bureaucrat somewhere a feeling of accomplishment.