Clean Air OC is advocating for smoke-free multi-unit housing and smoke-free outdoors spaces policies. We’ve included a starter guide below to understanding what this means.
Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing
What is our Multi-Unit Housing Policy?
It is a policy that prohibits smoking and vaping of all tobacco products from multi-unit housing of two or more units, including 25 feet from all doors, window, patios, and balconies, and emphasizes a graduated enforcement process.
What is Multi-Unit (Or Multi-Family) Housing?
Multi-unit housing is a residential building with more than one housing unit. This includes but is not limited to: apartments, condominiums, duplexes, and senior-living.
What is a graduated enforcement process?
This means slowly taking steps to enforce no smoking policies.
Our policy will exclude any provision that criminalizes a person for the use or possession of tobacco* products. Instead, we encourage education and connecting people with resources and services to limit or stop their tobacco use.
*Tobacco products and use are not limited to cigarettes. They include, but are not limited to: tobacco pouches, cigars, hookah, cigarillos, and nicotine-based vapes/e-cigarettes.
Smoke-Free Outdoor Spaces
What is our Outdoor Spaces Policy?
It is a policy that eliminates smoking in all outdoor recreational and non-recreational public places without designated smoking areas or distances.
What are recreational and non-recreational spaces?
Recreational and non-recreational outdoor spaces include:
- parks
- sidewalks
- dining
- entry ways
- worksites
- event sites
- bike lanes/paths
- alleys
- parking structures
Will you get fined for smoking in public?
We do not encourage the criminalization of smoking and vaping
Our policy will exclude any provision that criminalizes a person for the use or possession of tobacco* products. Instead, we encourage education and connecting people with resources and services to limit or stop their tobacco use.
*Tobacco products and use are not limited to cigarettes. They include, but are not limited to: tobacco pouches, cigars, hookah, cigarillos, and nicotine-based vapes/e-cigarettes.
Do you live in Cypress, Fountain Valley, or La Palma?
Check out our city specific pages to share your opinions on the policies and learn about your city’s current smoke-free policies!