Living in a smokefree home is a choice everyone should have. Californians know the dangers of secondhand smoke. And, we've done something about getting it out of workplaces and restaurants. But, for some people living in apartments, breathing secondhand smoke from neighboring apartments has become a real health problem. The next big challenge facing the tobacco control movement in California is how to address the problem of secondhand smoke exposure in the home.
Many of the recent polls the Center has commissioned have been on smokefree housing. To read summaries and see the results of these polls, click here.
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Matrix of Local Smokefree Housing Policies: November 2011
Comparison of Nonsmoking Housing Units Ordinances: November 2011
Understanding California's New Smokefree Housing Law: November 2011
List of Communities that Restrict Smoking in Outdoor Common Areas of Multi-Unit Housing: November 2011
Becoming a Policy Wonk on Nonsmoking Housing Units Ordinances: November 2011
Smokefree Housing Policy Table: June 2007
Action Steps for Tenants and Landlords: September 2006
Listen to the Center's Smokefree Housing Radio Ad: April 2005
Smokefree Housing Resolution: December 2005