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

Pair handed $8K after rights denied by smoking neighbours (May 17, 2012)
(CTV.ca) - British Columbia. A couple who say they became sick and anxious because neighbours were smoking on their balconies have been awarded more than $8,000, despite presenting only "marginal" medical evidence to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal. More...

Smoke-free New York City apartment buildings are popular; New Yorkers still weary of nanny-state (poll) (May 14, 2012)
(Huffington Post) - A majority of New Yorkers want to live in smoke-free apartment buildings, according to a new Quinnipiac poll, but less believe City Hall should outright ban smoking inside people's homes. More...

Second-hand smoke in apartments: When lifestyles collide (May 7, 2012)
(Vancouver Sun blog) - When I was assigned to look into the options available to someone whose neighbour was blowing second-hand smoke into his residence, I figured this was a pretty straightforward situation that the law would be relatively clear on, and that the story would be a short, sweet one-day wonder. 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.