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 ...

Although I rent in a nonsmoking building, my apartment frequently smells like I’m chain-puffing Marlboros 24/7. The smell’s sneaking through my vents, permeating the lobby, and wafting into the ...

Various laws and regulations dictate where people can and can’t light up. Here’s how to make sure they’re enforced. By Jill Terreri Ramos Q: I live in a condo building in New York City that is next to ...

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 ...

Recently the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy announced a proposed rule to make the nation’s public housing properties entirely smoke-free. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

The following submission has been lightly edited. No other preventable health threat in America causes as many serious illnesses as smoking, according to public health research. It is within our power ...