Proposals have some fuming
Ban urged as blight twice as bad across council estates
SOCIAL housing tenants could be ordered to stop smoking in the latest blitz on the unhealthy habit.
The recommendation was made in a report that found smoking is now “highly concentrated” on council estates, where it is twice as common.
Tenants are also less likely to quit despite trying as often as other smokers, it adds.
The report, by two All Party Parliamentary Groups and charity Ash, proposes new social housing could be designated smoke-free – and suggests offering tenants PLANS Cheeseman vaping kits. It also points out that most private landlords include no-smoking clauses in agreements.
Ash’s Hazel Cheeseman said: “We are not saying all new developments should be [smoke-free] but it’s something that housing associations should look at.
“Their housing for nurses and doctors is already smoke-free, as is housing for Karen Jeanette Dave KAREN Lovell said smokers should be respectful but the Government did not need to get involved.
The 39-year-old, a non-smoker from Bow, East London, said: “If you pay your rent, I don’t see why it’s anyone’s business what you do in your home.”
Jeanette Hennessey, 61, of Liverpool, said: “The majority smoke outside anyway but it’s taking their human rights away.”
Dave Jennings, 71, of Poplar, East London, had no
Passive smoking can cause young serious harm plans to stop smoking in his council house. He said: “It is nonsense. What are they going to do, come round my house and stop me?”
Beverley Jones, 50, from Bolton, said: “In weather like this, you don’t want to be stood outside, I pay rent so I’d want to stay inside.”
Emma Butterworth, 30, of Manchester, said: “It will help stop smoke damage.”
Dawn Tillett, 51, of Tower Hamlets, East London, said: “People know the risks of smoking – it is their choice.” Beverley Emma Dawn