Has your building gone smoke-free?

Get a whiff of this!, Hamilton Spectator, 13 May 2006

[D]ozens of agencies are gearing up to support tenants and condo owners in their fight to declare their buildings smoke-free, including the Ontario Tobacco-Free Network, Clean Air Coalition of B.C., Non-Smokers' Rights Association, Canadian Cancer Society - and Health Canada, which notes succinctly: "There is only one way to eliminate ETS (Environmental Tobacco Smoke); remove the source."

Indeed, smoke drifts through the ventilation systems, electrical outlets, cable and phone jacks, and ceiling fixtures - not to mention through cracks and gaps around sinks, plumbing, windows, doors, floors, walls and ceilings, says the Council for a Tobacco-Free Toronto (CTFT), which notes landlords are obliged to seal units and clean the air as much as possible.

Still, the fact that it takes three hours to remove 95 per cent of the smoke from a single cigarette, gives an idea of the challenge...