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Secondhand smoke in Condos in the
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January 30, 2016
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1/1/12 Life In Three Rooms One thing that concerns me about living in a condominium, though, and that is the second-hand smoke that travels from unit to unit in the air we share. I was so naive, I thought everyone (including me) had quit smoking.

Habitat Magazine

7/6/12 More Momentum for Smoke-Free Co-ops and Condos, with Help from HUD The government is jumping on this bandwagon, too. There is a combined effort on the part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and others to advocate and encourage co-ops, condos and other multifamily buildings to adopt smoke-free policies to protect residents from the dangers of secondhand smoke and to reduce property maintenance costs.
5/12/11 FAQ Check: Secondhand Smoke What happens with smoke from a neighbor's co-op or condo apartment or even, illegally, from the hallway outside your door seeps into your place?4
4/13/12 Momentum Gathers for Smoking Bans. Two Attorneys Tell How To Implement Here, two nationally recognized condominium-law attorneys survey the fast-changing landscape regarding anti-smoking rules - with a practical guide on how co-op boards and condo associations can fairly and effectively implement bans.
3/1/07 When Secondhand Smoke Seeps In Is the co-op or condo liable when secondhand smoke emanates from an apartment?4
11/1/08 Implementing Smoking Bans: Taking the Gradual Approach Habitat Magazine Whether or not to allow smokers in your building is the next hot issue confronting co-op and condo boards.4

HUD

7/6/12 More Momentum for Smoke-Free Co-ops and Condos, with Help from HUD There is a combined effort on the part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and others to advocate and encourage co-ops, condos and other multifamily buildings to adopt smoke-free policies to protect residents from the dangers of secondhand smoke and to reduce property maintenance costs.
6/19/12 HUD, HHS AND HEALTH GROUPS ANNOUNCE NEW SMOKE-FREE HOUSING TOOLS WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and heath advocates today launched a new set of tools to encourage and guide private owners of federally assisted multifamily housing and public housing authorities to adopt smoke-free policies to protect residents from the dangers of second-hand smoke and to reduce property maintenance costs.

Legal

6/19/15

Non-smoking liability and enforcement: The future is upon us New England Real Estate Journal As this brief article will show you, implementing a non-smoking policy for your community can do all of those things: help avoid liability, improve health and save money. Increasingly, we are seeing a rush to change by-laws and rules and regulations to implement non smoking policies at Condominiums and residential Apartment Communities.

"But now God has shown us a different way to heaven - not by "being good enough" and trying to keep his laws, but by a new way (though not new, really, for the Scriptures told about it long ago). Now God says he will accept and acquit us - declare us "not guilty" - if we trust Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, by coming to Christ, no matter who we are or what we have been like. Yes, all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious ideal; yet now God declares us "not guilty" of offending him if we trust in Jesus Christ, who in his kindness freely takes away our sins." Romans 3:21-24 Living Bible