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Missouri, United States
July 14, 2015
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Columbia

3/19/15

Columbia Housing Authority Bans Smoking in its Apartments

kbia.org The Columbia Housing Authority board held a meeting Tuesday night and unanimously voted to ban smoking inside their units.
3/17/15

Columbia Housing Authority bans smoking in public housing Missourian The Columbia Housing Authority Board of Commissioners unanimously passed an addendum to its lease agreements Tuesday night banning smoking inside their residences.

2/17/15

Vote delayed on smoking ban in public housing

ABC17News.com It's an issue that's been controversial among residents. Some are happy because they are not smokers and sick of smelling smoke in their building.
11/1914

Columbia Housing Authority considers banning smoking in public housing

TheManeater.com The policy is being considered for three main reasons: to improve residents’ health, fire safety and public housing stock.
11/11/14 Housing authority smoking ban still needs final approval Columbia Daily Tribune The Tribune reported Saturday that a CHA official last week told members of the housing authority’s Resident Advisory Board that the authority had decided to ban smoking in public housing units starting on May 1.
11/8/14

Columbia Housing Authority might ban smoking in public housing starting May 1 Columbia Daily Tribune Starting May 1, the Columbia Housing Authority might ban smoking inside public housing units, a new rule that has been instituted by hundreds of housing authorities across the country and is being met with mixed reviews by residents.

Kansas City

5/6/14 Kansas City Housing Authority’s smoking ban adds to poor being targeted KansasCity.com The agency’s board in April OK’d a smoke-free policy for its 1,700 residential units housing about 5,000 adults and children effective July 1.
If You’re Poor, ‘No Smoking in Public’ Now Means You Can’t Light Up at Home Yahoo News A new policy approved by the Kansas City Housing Authority will prohibit smoking in all publicly owned housing developments.
5/5/14 Smoking ban by Kansas City Housing Authority makes good sense KansasCity.com The smoking ban for property overseen by the Kansas City Housing Authority board makes very good sense — up to a point.
5/1/14 KC public housing units will soon go smoke-free, pleasing some residents and infuriating others KansasCity.com The agency’s board has approved a policy to go completely smoke-free at all its publicly owned developments, indoors and even on outdoor grounds.

"But now God has shown us a different way to heaven - not by "being good enough" and trying to keep his laws, but by a new way (though not new, really, for the Scriptures told about it long ago). Now God says he will accept and acquit us - declare us "not guilty" - if we trust Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, by coming to Christ, no matter who we are or what we have been like. Yes, all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious ideal; yet now God declares us "not guilty" of offending him if we trust in Jesus Christ, who in his kindness freely takes away our sins." Romans 3:21-24 Living Bible