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Smoke-free flats considered 

Second-hand smoke seeping through walls has many housing associations considering creating smoke-free flats
Jump to full article: Copenhagen Post (dk), 2009-07-28

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An increasing number of complaints by tenants over cigarette smoke from adjoining flats have resulted in housing companies considering how they can establish smoke-free complexes.

KAB, the country’s largest administrator of non-profit housing, already presented the idea back in December, and now Fredensborg Housing Association has put forth a fully completed plan for several non-smoking housing blocks.

However, implementing the no-smoking policy could face many obstacles – not least that associations may not discriminate against smokers.

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