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Sort Desciption: A non-smoker with a serious breathing disability or smoke allergy has. legal protection. ... asthma and other smoke-sensitive breathing problems to require ...
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Smoke-free Apartment House Registry Free listing of apartment owners who have adopted a partial or total smoke-free policy in their buildings. www.tpchd.org/smokefreehousing or www.kitsapcountyhealth.com 2. Americans for Nonsmokers Rights www.no-smoke.org/second.html 3. Tobacco Control Resource Center, Inc. and the Tobacco Products Liability Project (TPLP), Northeastern School of Law www.tobacco.neu.edu 4. Association for Nonsmokers Minnesota Smoke-Free Apartments www.ansrmn.org/apthomepage.htm 5. Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Apartments & Condos Smoke-Free Environments Law Projects www.tcsg.org/sfelp/apartment.htm 6. Washington State Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Control Program www.doh.wa.gov/tobacco ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 3 Helping Landlords & Apartment Managers Reduce Secondhand Smoke (SHS) Exposure Making rental units smoke-free can save money. Landlords can save money by reducing the damage that smoking causes (extra cleaning bills, painting, and property damage, such as cigarette burns on carpets, etc.). Smoke-free units reduce tenants risk of fire damage which also may reduce insurance costs. It is legal for landlords to make rental units smoke-free. Smokers are not a legally protected group. Smoking is a behavior, not a predetermined characteristic, like race or sex. A building manager has the right to restrict or prohibit smoking in the building just as they are free to prohibit pets. Federal Fair Housing Act and Washington State RCW 49.60.222 Asking prospective tenants to acknowledge on month-to-month rental contracts or l ...
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