NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Apartment dwellers who don’t smoke still can’t escape second-hand smoke completely, but in smoke-free buildings exposure to the tiny particles in cigarette smoke may be cut ...

If you can smell it, it’s there — secondhand smoke. It hurts you. It doesn’t take much. It doesn’t take long. We are not just making that up. Those are the words of the U.S. surgeon general ...

Tobacco use is still the leading cause of preventable disease and death in New York state, killing 23,600 New Yorkers every year. Advancing Tobacco-Free Communities of Hamilton, Fulton, and Montgomery ...

Americans living in apartments and condominiums use tobacco products at higher rates and are less likely to have smoke-free home rules than those living in single-family residences, placing apartment ...

In 2007, Farmington Hills-based Village Green Companies took a step toward smoke-free living in its apartment communities. It banned smoking in all common areas, such as laundry rooms, activity and ...

D.C. Hughes has lived at The Blairs, a sprawling apartment complex in the heart of downtown Silver Spring, for a decade. His mother has lived there for 15 years. Come next year, they will have to move ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s battle over smoking bans is making its way into private homes — as residents of one high-rise condominium along the Mississippi River have voted to make their building ...

Secondhand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), refers to the smoke inhaled by those who are not actively smoking. This invisible culprit poses a significant health risk, especially ...