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

Ottawa Public Health names Domicile ''Smoke-Free Champion'' (January 27, 2012)
(Domicile.ca) - As a part of National Non-Smoking Week, Ottawa Public Heath has recognized us for establishing our One3One condominium project as being entirely smoke-free. More...

Cigarette suspected as cause of Orleans garage fire (January 27, 2012)
(CTV.ca) - An east Ottawa garage fire that spread into the attached apartment Wednesday morning is suspected to have been caused by a discarded cigarette. More...

Condo residents take neighbors to court over secondhand smoke (January 20, 2012)
(Washington Post) - If your home is your castle, you should be able to do anything legal you want in it, including lighting up a cigarette, right? 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.