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Last updated on Thursday, August 2, 2018
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indiana public housing residents will no longer be allowed to smoke in any federally owned housing, thanks to a new rule that went into effect Monday.
In November 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a rule that requires public housing to be smoke-free.
In Indiana, 23,000 people live in public housing, and about a third of all adults in public housing smoke.
According to the American Lung Association, the new rule will protect 760,000 children from exposure to secondhand smoke.
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