SMOKE-FREE HOUSING ONTARIO http://www.smokefreehousingon.ca

Overview

Smoke-Free Housing Ontario is about helping to increase options for smoke-free living. Demand for smoke-free environments is on the rise. Ontarians are protected from second-hand smoke in virtually all enclosed workplaces and public places, yet many remain unwillingly exposed in their own homes as a result of smoke from neighbouring units.

We are not asking the government to pass a law that would force landlords to make all rental buildings smoke-free. Smoke-free housing is not about denying smokers a place to live, evicting smokers from their homes, or forcing people to quit smoking. Smoke-Free Housing Ontario is about helping to increase options for multi-unit housing with clean, smoke-free indoor air. More...

News

Group makes PUSH for smoke-free housing (September 1, 2010)
(The Seattle Times) - The fight over smoking restrictions in Washington state has moved from bars and office buildings to private residences. The News Tribune reports that a group called People United for Smoke-Free Housing (PUSH) has asked the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Board to classify secondhand smoke as a "nuisance" in multi-unit housing, because smoke can seep from one apartment to another and bother other residents. More...

Solution needed for smoking neighbours (August 30, 2010)
(Ottawa Sun) - Dear Tom: This may seem like a small problem but it’s a big one for me. Some new neighbours just moved into the apartment beside me and we have adjacent balconies. Our bedroom windows are also on the same side of the building. I hate air conditioning and since this is an older building I can open my bedroom window to let in fresh air. My problem is that both of them over there smoke and I don’t. More...

Condominium owners online survey: Tell Queen's Park about your involuntary exposure to second-hand smoke (August 25, 2010)
(Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services) - The Ontario government has launched an online survey to solicit input from Ontario condominium owners on a variety of topics related to owning and living in a condo. This is a great opportunity to get the issue of second-hand smoke infiltration on their radar screen. More...

Tenants

Find out what you can do to protect yourself from exposure to second-hand smoke in your own home.

Landlords

No-smoking policies are legal, non-discriminatory and enforceable. And they're good for the bottom line, too.

Condominiums

Let's clear the air about no-smoking policies for condominium corporations.

Housing Co-ops

You might be into sharing some things at a co-op, but you shouldn't have to share someone else's second-hand smoke.

This Website was created by the Non-Smokers’ Rights Association/Smoking and Health Action Foundation with funding from Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion Smoke-Free Ontario.
Thanks go to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon (with funding received through the BC Healthy Living Alliance and support from ActNow BC) for its leadership in the design and content of the Website.