Growing Number of Smoke-Free Public Housing

Resident Carol Chatham moved in to her apartment in Vestal, New York, in spring 2009 and says that when she was opening her window she usually felt the smell of tobacco smoke. Carol, aged 71, was a regular smoker in her past. When she moved in her new apartment in a new building, she coulndn’t

Calaveras County to Eliminate Tobacco Smoke from Apartments

In an attempt to protect its residents from secondhand smoke, Calaveras Multiunit Housing Workgroup in the state of California said it wants to make its apartments smoke-free. Last week, on September 10, they presented a 12-minute video called “Share Walls, Not Smoke” which features interviews with an apartment owner and several residents. The Workgroup includes

Millhouses of Adams Becomes Smoke-Free

The 98-unit Millhouses of Adams apartment complex decided to ban smoking in its building and thus join the growing smoke-free trend in the USA. During several months Millhouses received recommendations of Berkshire Area Health Education Center in the course of Tobacco-Free Community Partnership regarding smoke-free environment. The new anti-smoking policy came into action from July