Smokefree Multi-Unit Housing

GASP keeps you on top of tobacco control news and issues by posting smokefree news stories. GASP was mentioned in or was interviewed for the 2024 stories marked with an asterisk (*) below.

• 12-14-16:

  PHA smokers beware! Ban is coming (Ron Leir, The Observer Online)

• 12-29-15:

  San Diego State University to study thirdhand smoke in homes (San Diego State University)

• 11-16-15: *

  The Record’s Editorial in support of making HUD housing 100% smokefree (The Record’s Editorial Board)

• 11-12-15: *

  All Federally-Funded Housing is proposed to go Smokefree (Northjersey.Com, Monsy Alvarado, John Sealsy And Anrew Wyrich; Associated Press) 

• 10-28-15:

  Queens Councilman proposes smoking ban in NYC housing (Daily News, Erin Durkin)

• 09-21-15:

  HUD Publishes new Video on Smoke-Free Housing Policies (HUD.gov)

• 08-26-15:

  Study shows Smokefree Apartment Policies Beneficial to Owners and Residents (MedicalXpress.com, South Dakota State University)

• 08-11-15:

  Albany Housing Authority goes 100% smokefree, starting January 1, 2016. (Times Union)

• 08-06-15:

  Philadelphia’s smoking ban slowly in effect

• 08-06-15:

  Boulder County Housing Authority expands smokefree policy to include marijuana and e-cigarettes (Times-Call)

• 08-06-15:

  Geneva Housing Authority board approves smoking ban (Finger Lakes Times, David L. Shaw)

• 07-29-15:

  Philadelphia Goes Smokefree in Public Housing (The Inquirer, Michaelle Bond)

• 06-30-15:

  Millville’s public housing going smokefree (NJ.com, Don E. woods)

• 06-25-15:

  Millville Housing Authority set to ban smoking

• 06-17-15:

  Philadelphia Housing Authority bans smoking in all housing units (Philadelphia Inquirer, Madeline R. Conway)

• 05-15-15:

  $183 million are the estimated health care costs associated with secondhand smoke exposure in the home

• 04-30-15:

  Lucas Ohio Housing Authority goes 100% smokefree as of May 1, 2015

• 04-28-15:

  Luxury Rentals Go Smokefree

• 04-16-15:

  Drew University Senior Kathleen O’Neill wins 2nd place at NJ DEP Mapping Contest

• 04-08-15:

  Secondhand Smoke Exposure Still Higher Among Certain Demographics

• 03-30-15:

  Queens NY Community Board 8 approves of smokefree housing resolution

• 03-18-15:

  Consumer Reports: Ban Smoking in Homes and Cars

• 03-17-15:

  Springfield Massachusetts Housing Authority bans the use of electronic smoking devices on all 27 sites.

• 03-11-15:

  Judge blocks DC man from smoking in his own home temporarily

• 02-21-15:

  El Paso Housing Authority goes smoke-free including marijuana smoking

• 02-12-15:

  American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recently revised their definition of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)

• 02-03-15:

  CDC Vital Signs and MMR report focuses on second-hand smoke

• 01-25-15:

  Smoking bans in apartments, condos in Canada

• 01-23-15:

  Luxury Jersey City rental building opens 100% smokefree

• 01-13-15:

  Ireland’s Health Services Executives issues new smokefree policy

• 01-07-15:

  Smoke-free Multiunit Housing: A Review of the Scientific Literature

• 01-01-15:

  North Carolina Housing Finance Agency requires 100% smokefree policy for new and renovated affordable housing.

• 10-22-14:

  New Apartment Complex Hunter’s Point South in Queens Opens as 100% Smokefree

• 10-02-14:

  National and State Cost Savings Associated With Prohibiting Smoking in Subsidized and Public Housing in the United States

• 10-02-14:

  Banning smoking in subsidized housing could save half a billion dollars a year

• 08-26-14:

  Santa Rosa (CA) considers banning smoking in apartments, condo and outdoor waiting lines

• 08-25-14:

  Study in Oxford Journal on Nicotine & Tobacco Research Shows Benefits of Smokefree Housing

• 01-01-14:

  Maine State Housing Authority requires secondhand smoke protection for low-income tenants.

• 10-28-13: *

  Smokefree Multi-Unit Housing is Trending (Property Owners Association of New Jersey, Inc.)

• 09-27-13: *

  Rising tenant smoking complaints: what’s a multi-family property owner to do? (Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journal)

• 08-26-13: *

  Smoking in your apartment? Maybe not for long (Bergen Record)

• 06-21-13:

  Related Management Company bans smoking in rental apartments (NY1.com)

• 05-14-13:

  ‘Nonsmoking’ Hotel Rooms May Not Fully Protect Guests

• 02-28-13:

  California bill would ban smoking in multi-unit housing (Sacramento Bee)

• 12-07-12:

  Towns in California pass ordinance for smokefree multi-unit housing (KGO810)

• 05-02-12:

  New York City mayor introduces legislation for full disclosure of smoking policies in multi-unit dwellings (Wall Street Journal, Crain’s NY business.com).

• 09-23-11: *

  Smokefree multi-unit housing topic at NJ Governor’s Conference on Housing and Economic Development

• 08-03-11:

  100% of Maine’s Public Housing Authorities go smokefree