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Polling Shows Strong Support for Smoke-Free
Apartments
A telephone survey of 602 apartment residents in the summer of
2004 revealed that:
- 69% favored requiring all apartment buildings to offer non-smoking
sections
- 67% favored limiting smoking in outdoor common areas such as
pool, areas, entryways, and courtyards.
- 83% indicated that if the apartment building became smoke-free,
there are places near by that people could use to smoke, such
as sidewalks or parking lots.
- 90% of tenants believe Second Hand Smoke is harmful.
- 46% have experienced smoke drifting into their apartment
- 73% indicated children live in their apartment building
- 25% reported tenants who live in their complex had chronic
heart or lung diseases such as asthma or emphysema.
- 60% were not aware that current laws prohibit smoking in indoor
common areas such as the lobby, stairwells, laundry rooms,
etc.
84% of Californians do not smoke!
Polling conducted by Goodwin-Simon Strategic
Research and commissioned by The Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing
– a project of the American Lung Association of California, funded
by the California Department of Health Services, Tobacco Control
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