Lawrence Housing Authority Approves Ban on Tenant Smoking
Lawrence Journal World - June 29, 2010
On a unanimous vote Monday night, the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority passed a smoking ban for all of its properties. The ban will go into effect Jan. 1, 2011. The four-member panel began considering the ban in late 2009, shortly after a fire that was caused by smoking did $40,000 damage to Babcock Place, one of its properties. The same building sustained $250,000 damage during a fire nine years earlier, also because of smoking.