MAJORITY OF RENTERS SUPPORT SMOKE FREE APARTMENTS: POLL
An Ipsos-Reid survey by Canadian Cancer Society-affiliate The
Ontario Tobacco-free Network claims 64 percent of tenants in
this province favour the idea of banning smoking in apartment
buildings.
At least 70 percent insist smoke from puffing neighbours in the
complexes is a serious annoyance.
The group believes the numbers speak for themselves and urge
tenants to do the same when it comes to trying to influence the
policy in their own buildings.
"We want landlords and tenants to hear there's this
information," advises Irene Gallagher. "This is a big issue.
Second-hand smoke is a health issue. There are 4,000 chemicals
in secondhand smoke, 50 of which are carcinogens. There are
options."
Cigarette-free buildings already exist in Manitoba and in
Michigan, and both are said to have achieved some surprising
levels of success.
