Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is expected to sign an ordinance in the coming weeks voted on by the Boston City Council that would ban smoking in all public parks owned by the City of Boston. Nick Martin,...

Since 2004, Massachusetts’ residents have had to leave their offices or wait until the end of a meal to smoke a cigarette. Now, nine years later, smokers don’t have to wait because they have discovered...

Housing officials said the ban on smoking in Boston public housing that took effect Sunday has not shown signs of any problems with the initiative. The Boston Housing Authority introduced the non-smoking...