Owners/Managers

Healthy Environments Against Tobacco Serving the cities of Carlsbad, Oceanside and Vista

Owners & Managers of Multi-Unit Housing Complexes

A smoke free policy for your community can benefit you in many ways:

Landlords and apartment managers can save money by reducing the damage that smoke causes (e.g., extra cleaning bills, paintings costs, and property damage such as cigarette burns on carpets, counter-tops). 

Smoke-free units reduce fire danger, which may also reduce insurance costs. Smoking materials (i.e., cigarettes, cigars, etc.) is the leading cause of home and total fire deaths in the United States. 

In 2003, there were an estimated 25,600 structural fires caused by smoking material resulting in direct property damage at approximately $481 million.*

A Smoke-free policy means a healthier environment for your tenants.

*Hall, J.R., Jr. (2006). The Smoking-Material Fire Problem. Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Association.

Here are a some links that owner/managers may find useful:

• Smoke Free Washington
• Smoke Free Landlord information
• Secondhand Smoke Survey: Summary of Key Findings for Multi-Unit Housing
• Secondhand Smoke Survey: Summary of Key Findings
• Smoke Free San Diego
• Smoke-free Housing Enforcement Flyer
• How Landlords Can Prohibit Smoking in Rental Housing
• The Federal Fair Housing Act and The Protection of  Persons Who are Disabled by Secondhand Smoke in Most Private and Public Housing
• Model Smoke-Free Lease Addendum
• Model Policy For a Smoke-Free Condominium or Apartment
• Smoke-Free Apartments- Separating Myth from Reality
• There is no Constitutional Right to Smoke
• Environmental Tobacco Smoke Classified as a Toxic Air Contaminant – California Air Resources Board
• San Diego Smoke Free Stars – Smoke Free San Diego
• Secondhand Smoke & Children’s Health – Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency
• Polling Shows Strong Support for Smoke-free Apartments – RESPECT
• Secondhand Smoke Now a Nuisance– California Clean Air Project
• Policy Statement 12: Smoke free Housing choice– California Clean Air Project
• SAMPLE Rental/Lease Agreement Addendum for Tobacco Smoke free area– California Clean Air Project
• How to go Smoke free– California Clean Air Project
• HUD Encourages PHA's to Become Smoke Free
• Creating Smokefree Policies for Affordable Housing in California
• Tobacco Smoking at Residential Rental Properties – CAA Background Paper