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Secondhand smoke in Apartments in
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September 8, 2016
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4/7/16

LA Campaign Seeks Smokeless Apartment Buildings

californiahealthline.org In her mid-city Los Angeles apartment, one of three units in an older home, Carolina Lopez has suffered ill effects from second-hand smoke for more than a year.
4/6/16 New Campaign Urges Landlords To Adopt Smoke-Free Housing CBS Los Angeles The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Wednesday launched a new campaign to reduce all smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke in apartment buildings.
Majority of L.A. tenants favor smoke-free apartments, but 80 percent of units are still not protected

UCLA Newsroom Landlords with policies already in place unanimously reported that the guidelines have had no negative effect on vacancy rates.
Push for more smoke-free apartments in LA scpr.org The outreach campaign is a partnership among a number of public and private institutions, including UCLA, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles and the American Lung Association.

Los Angeles launches campaign to promote benefits of smoke-free apartments

Los Angeles Daily News Billboards and signs placed in bus shelters and other spots across the city of Los Angeles will feature an image of a little girl carrying a teddy bear and wearing an oxygen mask.
9/30/14 UCLA Recieves $3M to Combat Secondhand Smoke in L.A. Apartment Buildings MyNewsLA.com “You shouldn’t be exposed to a known health risk just by virtue of where you live,” said Steven P. Wallace, associate director of the center.
1/31/14 When a landlord just says no to tenants smoking pot Los Angeles Times Can't a landlord just say no to drugs?
6/10/12 Landlord imposes smoking ban on 2,000 California apartments Los Angeles Times In a decision affecting nearly 2,000 units in 13 apartment complexes, the Towbes Group Inc. of Santa Barbara said it has become the largest apartment portfolio in California to impose a no-smoking policy on individual units and common areas.
7/26/12 Battle Against Second-Hand Smoke Gets Tenant Evicted NBC 4 News For nine years John Birke has waged a battle to get second hand smoke declared a nuisance at the Oakwood Apartments in Woodland Hills.
Family Evicted After Father Hoses Neighbors Over Smoking CBS 2 News
7/25/12 Woodland Hills anti-smoking activist declared a nuisance, will be evicted Los Angeles Daily News A jury decided Tuesday that the Oakwood Apartments complex in Woodland Hills has the right to evict a resident who was found guilty of harassing smokers.
7/16/12 Oakwood Apartments, Woodland Hills tenant battle over smoking Daily News John Birke has made it his life mission to expose secondhand smoke as a health threat and a public nuisance.
3/19/12 Smoking ban in university apartments unreasonable Daily Bruin (UCLA) Starting this fall, university-owned apartments will be smoke-free.
11/19/11 LA County reveals secondhand smoke dangers for non-smokers in multi-unit housing Asian Journal Tobacco smoke particles travel from unit to unit through cracks in fixtures, electrical outlets, pipes, vents and baseboards; as well as through shared ventilation systems and windows.
11/17/11 Cracking down on lighting up Daily News With a new study out that shows the dangers of secondhand smoke from neighbors in residential buildings, Los Angeles County health officials are hoping more cities will ban smoking inside apartments.
11/16/11 Secondhand smoke may be seeping into LA apartments KABC-TV Los Angeles County health officials are warning Southern Californians living in multi-unit residences that cigarette smoke may be making its way into their homes, setting them up for potentially deadly health issues.
11/16/11 Study: Apartments Pose High Secondhand Smoke Hazards USC The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced Wednesday that multi-unit housing can expose hazardous secondhand smoke to non-smokers living adjacent to those who do smoke.
Secondhand lawsuit reinstated (no link)
An attorney and father of a five year-old girl with asthma sued the Oakwood Apartments where they were living. He believes she should not have to be exposed to tobacco smoke while using the common areas on the property.

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