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

Smoke travels to non-smoking hotel rooms, study shows (May 15, 2013)
(USA Today) - California. Anyone who has ever walked into a "non-smoking" hotel room and caught the distinct odor of cigarette smoke will not be surprised by the findings of a new study: When a hotel allows smoking in any of its rooms, the smoke gets into all of its rooms, the study suggests. More...

When Neighbours Smoke: A Tenant's Guide (May 10, 2013)
The Smoking and Health Action Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new resource for tenants faced with exposure to second-hand smoke in their apartments. More...

Housing goes smoke-free (May 8, 2013)
(The Daily Press) - Timmins. Residents of local subsidized housing units can take a breath of fresh air. The Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board (CDSSAB) had decided to make its housing units smoke-free. “On April 1, the Cochrane DSSAB adopted a smoke-free policy,” said Carol Barber, CDSSAB program manager. “This is a move that we truly think is the way of the future. It is a step that needed to be taken and one that we are proud to have done so.” 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.