The Smoke-Free Housing Ontario website regularly posts news about smoke-free multi-dwelling homes both in our communities and across the world.
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...
Kudos for non-smoking site
(January 20, 2012)
(Ottawa Citizen) - With National Non-Smoking Week just around the corner (Jan. 15 to 21), we commend Ottawa Community Housing (OCH) for its recent decision to adopt a no-smoking policy for one of its new buildings.
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Manitoba Housing resident wants smoking ban
(January 16, 2012)
(cbc.ca) - Winnipeg. At least one Manitoba Housing resident says she wants smoking to be banned inside the province's public housing developments but others argue that a ban would intrude on their lives. more...
Smoke-free social housing on its way
(January 11, 2012)
(Ottawa Sun) - Individual units could be included in a potential smoking ban at buildings run by Ottawa Community Housing. A year-long study, which will be done in-house with existing funding, is expected to produce a report by the end of 2012 recommending a course of action on smoking policies. more...
Nine out of 10 condo owners like to be smoke-free
(January 11, 2012)
(Times Colonist) - Victoria. Dear Condo Smarts: We have been looking for a condo in a non-smoking building in the Vancouver area for three months with little success. My wife has a serious smoke allergy, and while the building we live in prohibits smoking only in common areas, we are still exposed to the smoke from people smoking in their strata lots. more...
Living Centre going smoke free
(January 11, 2012)
(Belleville Intelligencer) - The Quinte Living Centre is becoming a smoke-free environment. After a cigarette sparked a fire resulting heavy damages to resident Brenda Cherry's apartment at the downtown Belleville facility last month, officials at the retirement complex said they will no longer lease to smokers. more...
Cancer sparks legal action over smoking fumes
(January 8, 2012)
(The Sydney Morning Herald) - Australia. PETER Lavac, a Sydney lawyer, fitness fanatic and champion surf skier, thought something was wrong when he was not breathing as freely. Knowing smoke was getting into his air from a flat below where a chain-smoking couple lived, he tried to get them to stop. more...