Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Smoking policy examples

[R Philip Dowds (rphilipdowds]

Liz —

They can certainly visit, but if they want to smoke, they should go out on the 
public sidewalk.

Your particular challenge of family members struggling with complex addiction 
recovey programs was never thought of or discussed at Cornerstone.  Had it come 
up, we might have developed more exceptions simillar to those for medical 
marijuana.  Or, maybe not …

Thanks, RPD

> On Oct 15, 2024, at 3:20 PM, Elizabeth Magill <pastorlizm [at] gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> So no one can have any family or friends who smoke come visit?
> 
> I come from a family with a large number of alcoholic and drug addicts who 
> use cigarette smoking as part of their recovery efforts. So it was very 
> important to me that we be a welcoming community to my family.
> There were certainly people who disagreed with me.
> 
> -Liz
> (The Rev. Dr.) Elizabeth Mae Magill
> Pastor, Ashburnham Community Church
> Minister to the Affiliates, Ecclesia Ministries
> www.elizabethmaemagill.com <http://www.elizabethmaemagill.com/>
> 508-450-0431
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 2:51 PM R Philip Dowds via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l 
> [at] cohousing.org <mailto:cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>> wrote:
>> When we opened in 2000, smoking was allowed in the units, and in the 
>> outdoors commons so long as there were no complaints.  Lately, we’ve gone to 
>> no smoking anywhere within the property line; apparently, this is legal in 
>> Massachusetts, and can apply to construction workers and other visitors.  
>> Medical marijuana does have an exception (as do service dogs “pets”) —  but 
>> if this exception has ever been used, we do not know.
>> 
>> RPD • Cornerstone in Cambridge
>> 
>> > On Oct 15, 2024, at 1:12 PM, Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l 
>> > [at] cohousing.org <mailto:cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>> wrote:
>> > 
>> >> On Oct 14, 2024, at 11:01 PM, Laura Blosser <laurablosser [at] gmail.com 
>> >> <mailto:laurablosser [at] gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> I would love to see examples of smoking policies that allow some form of
>> >> smoking beyond member residences / backyards only.
>> > 
>> > Takoma Village has always allowed smoking in areas open to the sky and 
>> > away from non-smokers. But we have also had no regular smokers for years. 
>> > Guests smoke sometimes.
>> > 
>> > Our proposed revisions may add the possibility of designating an area for 
>> > smoking when we have construction workers on site who like to sit and 
>> > smoke during lunch breaks. The best place to do this is near a play area 
>> > so they would not normally be allowed to smoke there.
>> > 
>> > We also state that the smoke or other fumes should not waft into units, 
>> > for example, from balconies.
>> > 
>> > Sharon
>> > ----
>> > Sharon Villines
>> > Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
>> > http://www.takomavillage.org <http://www.takomavillage.org/>
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
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