Smokefree Housing
Information for Tenants and Information for Landlords about Smoke Free Housing.
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Category: Smokefree Housing
The secondhand smoke from even one tenant smoking indoors can drift into multiple other units and cause health problems and reduced quality of life for other residents. Find information for Tenants and Information for Landlords about Smoke Free Housing.
Smoke / Tobacco Free Environments
Everyone deserves to live, work, study and play in smoke/tobacco free environments.
Read MoreLandlord No-Smoking Policy Guide
Implementing a smoke-free policy will depend on your individual situation, whether you are constructing a new building or complex, remodeling an older one, or simply converting the status of units in an older building.
Read MoreA No-Smoking Policy Protects Health & Saves Money
Secondhand smoke is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Approximately 53,000 people die annually from diseases caused by secondhand smoke, with hundreds of thousands more suffering ill effects from...
Read MoreA No-Smoking Policy Is Legal
A common question is whether implementing a property-wide no smoking policy is legal. There is no doubt as to the answer. It is legal. There Is No Constitutional Right to Smoke No court has ever recognized smoking as a...
Read MoreA No-Smoking Policy Saves on Maintenance Costs
According to Kennedy Restoration Co. of Portland, Oregon, the following steps need to be taken and the following items may need to be cleaned, restored, or replaced. Step 1 – The Overall Cleaning A basic overall cleaning of a...
Read MoreSeven Steps to Implement A No-Smoking Policy
Step One: Educate your tenants: If you want to find out how your tenants feel about adopting a smoke-free policy, survey them to see their reaction and level of interest. Step Two: Determine your Policy: Create policy language...
Read MoreVentilation Is Not Always the Answer
The U.S. Surgeon General’s 2006 Report concludes that separating smokers from nonsmokers, cleaning the air, and ventilating buildings cannot eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke for nonsmokers. Secondhand smoke spreads...
Read MoreGetting Rid of the Smoke
One of the first things you will want to do once you stop smoking or are no longer smoking in your apartment is to start to get the tobacco smells out of your home. Cigarette smoke gets into everything including the walls,...
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