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Secondhand smoke is smoke exhaled by a smoker or drifting from the burning end of a lit cigarette or other tobacco product. Unwanted secondhand smoke can travel within a building through shared ventilation, heating systems, cracks in walls, openings around plumbing, under doors and through poor insulation. People who live in multi-unit dwellings have a right to be concerned when unwanted smoke drifts into their apartments from smoking neighbors. Secondhand Smoke Health Hazards
Smoke-Free Housing is Good for Building Owners and Managers Multi-unit dwellings, where smokers live, have higher cleaning and remodeling costs including frequent re-painting, plus carpet and flooring replacement costs. Smoking is the number one cause of apartment fires, damaging buildings and killing residents. Smoking causes damage to residential property from fires, cigarette burns, and smoke residue on walls and curtains. Units where a smoker has lived, or where the smell of a neighbor’s smoke is detectable, are harder to sell and/or rent. Some insurance companies offer lower premiums for residence buildings that are smokefree. Smoke Free NOW will provide free support and templates to change your lease
to make it include smokefree language. Any landlord/manager who institutes a policy requiring that all their apartments be smoke free will gain these advantages:
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