WTF Australia - Smoking police may soon be knocking at front door if home ban comes into force

HOME smoking bans could soon be a genuine possibility across the country as the backlash to second-hand smoke grows, according to the Cancer Council of South Australia.
The possibility of a ban follows the controversy earlier this month after apartment owners in a building in Sydney’s inner west Unit introduced a bylaw to stop anyone smoking anywhere within the building and on its balconies.
Writing in today’s The Punch, Rex Jory says the ban could soon become nationwide as more people object to second-hand smoke is seeping into their apartments and homes.

The trend also follows moves in New York where smoking bans are gradually being imposed in residential buildings with ten or more apartments.
Both tenants and apartment owners argue that second-hand smoke is seeping into their apartments and say it isn’t confined just to one apartment.
If a ban does go ahead, it would mean and soon smokers may not even be allowed to light up in their own homes or anywhere in public.

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