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Health unit pushes for apartment, condo smoking ban

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Date: Saturday Oct. 17, 2009 6:26 PM ET

TORONTO — Peel Public Health is pushing Queen's Park to add more restrictions to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act.

The health unit wants the province to enact legislation that protects residents in multi-unit dwellings from exposure to second-hand smoke.

The Smoke-Free Ontario Act already prevents smoking in all enclosed public places and workplaces.

But, Peel health wants Queen's Park to amend the act to include condos and apartment buildings.

The health unit is also looking to develop educational resources, including a webpage, to provide information to landlords and residents on the issue, suggesting that landlords have the option of declaring their buildings smoke-free.

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