“State wants landlords to ban smoking”

The No Smoking sign, designed by one of the members of AIGA (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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This March 13, 2014 article from The Inquirer found on the Philly.com website talks about a trend in Pennsylvania where landlords are opting to not allow smoking in multi-unit  buildings.  This is something that is being encouraged by the state, but at this point is a suggestion and not a mandate, meaning it is optional for landlords to do it or not do it, the choice is theirs.

 

 

 

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• State wants landlords to ban smoking (philly.com)
• What Landlords Need to Know to Go Smoke Free (houstonevictions.com)
• Can Your Landlord Evict You for Smoking? (blogs.lawyers.com)
• It Is Now Illegal To Smoke In Your Own Home In San Rafael, California (reason.com)

 

“New CDC Vital Signs: Smoking among those with Mental Illness”

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This March 7, 2013 article on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website talks about the higher percentage of smokers among those in the mental health community, and suggestions from the CDC about how to approach this issues in the mental health community.

I also found a CDC video on YouTube that compliments the above link if you prefer to watch/listen to it as opposed to reading the article.

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• New CDC Vital Signs: Smoking among those with Mental Illness (prweb.com)
• Smoking Rates Much Higher Among the Mentally Ill: CDC (nlm.nih.gov)
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• Smoking Among U.S. Adults With Mental Illness 70 Percent Higher Than For Adults With No Mental Illness (medicalnewstoday.com)
• Mentally Ill People Smoke A Lot More Than People Without Mental Illness (medicalnewstoday.com)
• CDC: People With Mental Illness More Likely To Smoke Cigarettes (atlanta.cbslocal.com)
• Smoking more common among mentally ill (jsonline.com)