Community Organizations and Smoke-Free Multi-Housing

4/8/09 Press Release:

Waterstone Place Apartment Building Goes Smoke Free
Minnetonka’s Waterstone Place offers luxury apartment living in a smoke-free environment

Waterstone Place in Minnetonka, MN, was designed to promote the health and vitality of the area’s natural surroundings. On April 1, 2009, the building began implementing a smoke-free policy that will promote the health and vitality of its residents. The smoke-free policy covers the entire property, including all rental units and outdoor grounds. Brenda Hvambsal, Director of Marketing for Steven Scott Management, says the company chose to put the smoke-free policy into effect as a way to prevent secondhand smoke exposure in the building. “The health and well being of residents is our top priority. A smoke-free building is safer and contributes to a better living environment,” she said...... Story Continued (opens as pdf in new window)

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Specific information for community organizations (such as housing organizations, public health organizations, and legal organizations) will be coming soon.

Many people are interested in smoke-free multi-housing. If you work for a community/health organization, housing organization, legal organization, or other organization, we hope you will find the information for landlords and tenants useful. You can also read our fact sheet on why smoke-free multi-housing policies are good the community.

If you have further questions or are interested in learning how your organization can work with Live Smoke Free to promote smoke-free multi-housing, please contact us.

For Owner-Occupied Residents and Associations

If you live in a condominium, town home, co-op, common interest community, or other sort of owner-occupied unit, you may find much of our information useful. Information on secondhand smoke, research on smoke drift, and the benefits of smoke-free policies are similar for renters and unit-owners.

However, be aware that many legal issues and remedies are different for owner-occupied units and the legal information presented on this web site is for tenants in rented units. Live Smoke Free does not currently offer any fact sheets or information specifically for legal issues surrounding owner-occupied units. The Tobacco Control Legal Consortium has wrriten Legal Options for Condominium Owners Exposed to Secondhand Smoke (opens as a pdf in new window).

Residents and association members of owner-occupied units can contact Live Smoke Free to learn some strategies to creating a smoke-free building. Live Smoke Free also has information on possible new research in the area of smoke-free owner-occupied housing.