Alaska prepares public housing smoking ban

A new federal rule will ban smoking in public housing nationwide. The notice was released Wednesday by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and will take effect in 18 months. But Alaska is looking to do that a lot sooner.
Cathy Stone is the Director of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, which runs public housing throughout the state.
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