PROTECTING MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, APARTMENTS AND CONDOS FROM SECOND HAND SMOKE

Background Information

Apartment Survey Results

No Constitutional Right to Smoke Fact Sheet (revised)

Secondhand Smoke Declared a Toxic Air Contaminant (word document)

Smoke Significantly Increases Risk of Breast Cancer (word document)

In More Condos, home isn't where the smokers are

Chemicals Identified in Tobacco Smoke

How to Go Smoke-free in Your Building

Legal Opinions

No Constitutional Right to Smoke Fact Sheet (revised)

Why Are Smokefree Apartment Buildings Legal?

Smokefree Common Areas – What Does the California Smoke-free Workplace Law Require?

CA Legislative Counsel Legal Opinion "Smoking Bans: Residential Rental Property" - #21547

HUD Legal Counsel Opinion: Landlords are free to make apartments totally smoke-free

Section 8 Authority to Be Smoke-free (word document)

Evicted for Heavy Smoking

Surveys

Surveys and Interviews Indicate: Smokefree Apartment Buildings Are Good For Landlords And Desired By Residents

Sample Owner Survey Instrument

Sample Smoke-free Policies and Lease Language

Rental-Lease Agreement for Lease Addendum (pdf document)

Instruction Sheet for Lease Addendum (pdf document)

Building on a Smoke-free Foundation Action Kit

How to Make Your Building Smoke-Free

Working with Property Developers, Owners, and Managers (word document)

There is No Constitutional Right to Smoke

Polling Shows Strong Support for Smoke-free Apartments (word document)

Sample Smoke-free Policy and Lease for Landlords (word document)

Local Government Resources and Partners (word document)

California Air Resources Board Declares
Second Hand Smoke Is a Toxic Air Contaminant
(word document)

For Landlords and Property Owners

No Smoking Allowed Article

No Constitutional Right to Smoke Fact Sheet (revised)

Why Are Smokefree Apartment Buildings Legal?

How to Go Smoke-free in Your Building

Sample Addendum to Lease

Sample Smoke-free Apartment Building Policy

Sample Problem Solving Steps for Drifting Smoke

Finding and Keeping Good Tenants by Having Rules About Smoking in Apartments and Condominiums.

Coping With Smoking: Property Damage & Liability

Model Tenant Survey

Yes You Can Choose to Make Your Building Smokefree

Let's Talk About Managing a Smokefree Building

California Apartment Association Network Local Association Contacts (pdf document)

For Tenants

Model Tenant Survey

Sample Problem Solving Steps for Drifting Smoke

Subsidized Housing

HUD Legal Counsel Opinion: Landlords are free to make apartments totally smoke-free

Condominiums

In More Condos - Home Isn't Where the Smoke Is

Smoke-free Environments Law Project Memo on Condominiums (word document)

Evicted For Heavy Smoking

Sample CC&R re: No Smoking from Pasadena Home Owners' Assoc. (word document)

News

Some Apartments May Be Out of Bounds for Smokers

Secondhand Smoke Declared a Toxic Air Contaminant (word document)

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