Originally Posted by shelliebear
People in WA state receiving housing assistance can no longer smoke within 25 feet of any building entrance in any of the state's subsidized housing programs.
Sorry, I'm not researching the state laws in WA, just going by what was said in the initial post. And to me, it just looks like a topic that got blown out of proportion and turned into a debate over government overstepping and getting involved where they shouldn't. My interpretation is that they simply want the government subsidized housing to be smoke-free and if you want to take advantage of tax dollars by using the government subsidized housing programs, you should be able to adhere to their rules. If you want to smoke outside your front door, you are entitled to find public housing and do so. I didn't see anything in the initial post stating that they were limiting where you can smoke in relation to public or privately owned property. It appears (again from the content of the original post) that the new legislation only applies to government subsidized housing. Maybe I'm missing something...
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