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Why Should I Find a Smoke‐Free Apartment? Secondhand smoke exposure can lead to asthma, cancer, heart disease, and premature death. Toxic secondhand smoke from smoking neighbors can go
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through your ven la on system or dri into your apartment. American Lung Associa on in California 2750 4th Avenue San Diego, California 92103 www.LungUSA.org/California
Cigare e bu s can li er your apartment complex and be a hazard for li le children and pets.
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1. Search on Craigslist
2. Call or Email to Ask Ques ons
Visit the San Diego Craigslist
Here are the main ques ons to ask when you first call or email about the lis ng:
apartment lis ng. See link below. To specify a specific area of San Diego, select one of the San Diego regions at the top of the page. In the search field, type in the word “smoking”* and any other criteria
Do they have a no smoking policy, and is it in the lease? What does the no smoking policy include? Does it include inside the
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apartments, balconies, and indoor
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and outdoor common areas (such as
See example below showing the search criteria for a “duplex”. *This will find “no smoking” , “non‐smoking”, etc.
the laundry room, pool, playground)? How long have they had the no smoking policy?
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3. Visit the Apartment and Ask Ques ons
4. More Ques ons to Ask
When looking for an apartment with a no smoking policy, keep in mind that not all policies are the same. Here are some key points to consider in your search:
√ Ask if smoking is allowed outside and if there is a designated smoking area.
Make sure the prevailing winds do not dri the smoke to where you will live because it will enter through open windows and doors.
√ Ask if the policy applies to everyone, or just new tenants.
Some no smoking policies exclude older “grandfathered” tenants so they can s ll smoke in the building.
√ Ask if the previous tenant smoked and how the landlord cleaned the apartment.
√ Ask if there are any tenants who currently smoke inside, outside, or anywhere else on the property. If smoking is allowed anywhere in the building, and there is shared ven la on, secondhand smoke will get into your unit. If they smoke outside near windows or doors, it could also dri inside your unit through the windows. √ Ask if there are signs posted to make visitors aware of the no‐ smoking rule.
Restora on companies strongly recommend that a er a smoker moves out landlords should remove and replace carpe ng and curtains, and clean all appliances, bath and lightning fixtures, tub, bath vani es and all door and window openings. √ Ask how the policy is enforced. Does the landlord check to make sure no one is smoking? How would the landlord respond if you made a complaint about a neighbor who is smoking? If a tenant or their guest is smoking, what would the landlord