While New York’s smoke free workplace laws protect workers from secondhand smoke exposure, no laws protect people from secondhand smoke (SHS) where they live. SHS drifts from smokers’ apartments to those of non-smokers, forcing many apartment, coop, condo, and public housing residents to breathe secondhand smoke.

See the following PDF documents for both tenants and owners. They contain known facts, steps to document issues with secondhand smoke in your dwelling, methods to approach a smoker about smoking in your buliding, legal options and much more.

Tenant's Guide

Owner's Guide

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