Every person should have the right to breathe smoke free air where you live and play. Sadly, research shows that every year there is an estimated 28 million multiunit housing residents who are exposed to secondhand smoke in their home or apartment that seeped in from a neighbor’s unit or someone smoking on the property.

In apartments and other multiunit housing, secondhand smoke can drift through walls, ventilation systems, windows and doorways. Secondhand smoke exposure is dangerous at any level, and you shouldn’t have to worry about it coming into your home.

Yet, approximately only 1 in 3 residents in multiunit housing are protected by Smoke-free policies that are part of rental and lease agreements. To make matters worse, only 5.8% of the Hispanic/Latino population is protected by smoke-free multiunit housing laws, compared to 8.6% of the general population.

We are fighting for policies to protect all residents who live in multiunit housing communities and together we can make a difference