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• Region to introduce smoking ban in multi-unit dwellings 

Janet Lowrey hopes a new Waterloo regional policy banning smoking in multi-unit dwellings will help her quit the habit.

Isabel Adams has a heart condition and welcomes a move that should reduce the smell of smoke seeping into her apartment from adjoining units.

But Gary Smith, a smoker for 54 years, is opposed to the ban which takes effect April 1.

“What I do in my apartment is nobody’s business,” he said.

All three are tenants at 74 Church St., a 48-unit seniors’ apartment building in downtown Kitchener, owned by the region.

This smoke-free policy will only apply to new tenants who move in on or after April 1. It does not apply to existing tenants unless they move to a new unit. The region owns and manages 2,723 housing units.

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