There is no safe amount of secondhand smoke exposure. The home is the main place many children, adults, and pets breathe in secondhand smoke. 

About 80 million (1 in 4) people in the US live in multi-unit housing such as apartments. Each year, an estimated 28 million multi-unit housing residents are exposed to secondhand smoke in their home or apartment that come from somewhere else in their building, like a nearby apartment. Smoking tobacco products releases chemicals into the air that causes a mix of tiny particles and/or droplets in the air. 

Every person living in multi-unit housing deserves to breathe smokefree air. Go to https://no-smoke.org/at-risk-places/homes/ to find additional resources about your options for protecting yourself and your family from drifting secondhand smoke, along with additional resources listed below.

• Smoke Free Apartments
• Change Lab Solutions Disability Laws to Help Tenants from Drifting Tobacco Smoke

See below for information and resources regarding smoke free multi-unit housing policies to protect residents, visitors and staff against secondhand smoke and reduce smoke-related maintenance and fire insurance costs.  

• Sutter County - Smoke-Free Housing - Did You Know?  
• Americans for Nonsmokers Rights Model Policy
• Americans for Nonsmokers Rights Model Addendum
• CHECKLIST: Smokefree Housing Model Ordinance