Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Smoking policy examples

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizm]

I have severe asthma.
We have a very small area where smoking is permitted,
and our policy includes requiring people to move so as not to bother as
person.

Do you allow fire rings or pellet stoves?
(We allow those dangerous-to-our breath items as well.)

Of course the biggest danger to my asthma is exhaust from gasoline engines
which we allow as well.

-Liz
(The Rev. Dr.) Elizabeth Mae Magill
Pastor, Ashburnham Community Church
Minister to the Affiliates, Ecclesia Ministries
www.elizabethmaemagill.com
508-450-0431


On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 3:33 PM Yochai Gal <yochaigal [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm curious: are there folks in your community with severe asthma or
> allergy symptoms? Or who require breathing assistance? Or are recovering
> from lung cancer? How do you balance the medical needs of community members
> with those of outsiders who smoke? What about children who play outside?
>
> I for one am very happy my community bans smoking, and I have friends and
> family who smoke that come visit. They just smoke off-premises.
>
> Not everyone in my community agrees with this arrangement to be clear, but
> I'm very glad we have a no smoking policy here.
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024, 3:24 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
> > 508-450-0431
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 2:51 PM R Philip Dowds via Cohousing-L <
> > 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> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> On Oct 14, 2024, at 11:01 PM, Laura Blosser <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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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