Under the Federal Fair Housing Act and related state laws, tenants with disabilities can request reasonable accommodations (such as stricter enforcement of no-smoking rules or modifications to building policies) to address health risks from smoke exposure
The Centers for Disease Control estimates that there are over 480,000 deaths attributed to smoking annually, and 41,000 of those deaths are attributed to secondhand smoke, although that estimate might even be too low
### ABOUT AMERICANS FOR NONSMOKERS RIGHTS ANR Foundations sister organization, Americans for Nonsmokers Rights (ANR) is a member-supported, non-profit advocacy group that has been working for 47 years, since 1976, to protect everyones right to breathe nontoxic air in workplaces and public places, from offices and airplanes to restaurants, bars, and casinos
If you think that youre picking these up because theyre glamorous and that youre not going to have any downstream or long-term effects as a result of this, says Sussan, I think you kidding yourself. As for CEH, it plans to use its legal action to influence the e-cigarette industry to change its practices that mislead users. This means working to make safer products as well as informing consumers about the risks of exposure to cancer-causing agents
