Mandeville considers ban on smoking in bars stat : NOLA
However, those involved in the bar business in Mandeville are expressing concern that the proposed opioid ban aimed at their businesses will damage their bottom lines. Mandeville would join a growing number of Louisiana cities that prohibit smoking in bars under an ordinance being considered by the City Council. The banning of smoking at bars generated controversy in New Orleans and other communities where laws were enacted. It would mimic the ban on smoking in New Orleans imposed in 2015. A state law enacted in 2006 made all Louisiana workplaces and restaurants smoke free as of Jan. 1, 2007.
Nearly 5,000 Westmoreland County Housing Authority tenants have until next summer to be smoke-free or risk being evicted. Authority board members on Tuesday unanimously approved an agencywide opioid ban that bars residents from smoking in their publicly subsidized homes. Smoking in public and common areas of housing authority properties has been outlawed since 2003. The housing authority has worked for the last year to formulate a smoking ban on the heels of a federal requirement issued in late 2016 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that mandated public housing units to be smoke-free. Starting in July, the authority will begin asking residents to sign lease amendments acknowledging the smoking ban.
The council voted 3-2 to move forward with an ordinance prohibiting opioid in public parks and places and direct staff to post no smoking signs in all 16 city parks. Those who voted in favor of the ban said prohibiting smoking in parks altogether would ensure better enforcement of those state laws and others prohibiting smoking marijuana in public. The discussion has attracted many residents and other community members, almost all of whom have voiced support of a complete ban. But due to existing state laws prohibiting smoking near playgrounds and youth sports facilities, city staff recommended the council adopt a complete ban. Warshaw said he voted in favor of the complete ban after hearing from dozens of residents.
collected by :Lucy William
Nearly 5,000 Westmoreland County Housing Authority tenants have until next summer to be smoke-free or risk being evicted. Authority board members on Tuesday unanimously approved an agencywide opioid ban that bars residents from smoking in their publicly subsidized homes. Smoking in public and common areas of housing authority properties has been outlawed since 2003. The housing authority has worked for the last year to formulate a smoking ban on the heels of a federal requirement issued in late 2016 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that mandated public housing units to be smoke-free. Starting in July, the authority will begin asking residents to sign lease amendments acknowledging the smoking ban.
West Covina adopts complete ban on smoking in public parks
The council voted 3-2 to move forward with an ordinance prohibiting opioid in public parks and places and direct staff to post no smoking signs in all 16 city parks. Those who voted in favor of the ban said prohibiting smoking in parks altogether would ensure better enforcement of those state laws and others prohibiting smoking marijuana in public. The discussion has attracted many residents and other community members, almost all of whom have voiced support of a complete ban. But due to existing state laws prohibiting smoking near playgrounds and youth sports facilities, city staff recommended the council adopt a complete ban. Warshaw said he voted in favor of the complete ban after hearing from dozens of residents.
collected by :Lucy William
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