# Division 4. Smoking in Public Housing and Senior Citizen Housing

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Division 4. Smoking in Public Housing and Senior Citizen Housing

### Sec. 19-135. Definitions

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 19-135 (2026)

(a) Public Housing shall mean any housing in Prince George's County that is:

  (1) under the jurisdiction of the Housing Authority of Prince George's County as a public housing authority as designated by HUD.

(b) Senior Citizen Housing shall mean any congregate housing that:

  (1) provides housing under a landlord-tenant arrangement; and

  (2) is specifically designed to meet the physical or social needs of elderly individuals;

and;

(3) is under the jurisdiction of the Housing Authority of Prince George's County as a public housing authority as designated by HUD.

(c) Smoking or to smoke shall mean the act of smoking or carrying a lighted or smoldering cigar, cigarette, cigarillo, or pipe or lighting a cigar, cigarette, cigarillo, or pipe of any kind.

(d) Electronic cigarette shall mean any electronic device that can be used to deliver nicotine or other substance to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, or pipe, or any cartridge or other component of the device or related product.

### Sec. 19-136. Smoking prohibited

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 19-136 (2026)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke or use an electronic cigarette on the inside of any public housing or senior citizen housing.

(b) Smoking is not prohibited by this Section in a private home or apartment whose inhabitants:

  (1) Participate in the Prince George's County Department of Housing and Community Development HOME Investment Partnerships Program ("HOME Program"); or

  (2) Participate in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program.

### Sec. 19-137. Posting signs

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 19-137 (2026)

(a) Signs prohibiting smoking shall be displayed conspicuously by the owner or the person having control of the public housing or senior citizen housing at each entrance to the premises. The signs shall contain symbols or language that smoking is prohibited.

### Sec. 19-138. Enforcement and penalties

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 19-138 (2026)

(a) The owner or person in control of any public housing or senior citizen housing where smoking is prohibited by this Division must ask the individual who is smoking to cease.