Jump to full article: Barrie (Ont) Examiner (ca), 2010-07-23
Author: Posted By IAN MCINROY BARRIE EXAMINER
Intro: Fears about second-hand cigarette smoke have some residents in a county-run apartment building in Barrie looking for answers.
Officials from Simcoe County Housing, which operates the the eight-storey building at 1 Blake Street, met with about 30 of the residents earlier this week. A Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit public health nurse also attended.
As with other county-run apartment buildings, smoking is allowed inside apartments but not in hallways or any common areas.
Resident Albert Coulis, who has lived there since September, circulated a petition asking the county to do something about the second-hand smoke, and gathered signatures from 63 of the 91 tenants.
For starters, Coulis wants the county to pay for weatherstripping that would be installed around apartment doors to reduce the amount of drifting second-hand smoke.
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