SECONDHAND SMOKE CRIMES: When Neighbors Poison You, Your Family & Pets (Condo & HOA Masterclass Series) - Softcover

Joyce Starr

9780979233333: SECONDHAND SMOKE CRIMES: When Neighbors Poison You, Your Family & Pets (Condo & HOA Masterclass Series)

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ISBN 10: 097923333X ISBN 13: 9780979233333

Publisher: STARR Publishing, 2010

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Secondhand Smoke Crimes destroys the myth that smokers can do as they please in their own units. Names are masked, but the stories are true. Two women residing in one condo association - and a single mother in another - fought chain-smoking bullies and their defenders. The mother took her bully to court and won! Vital health statistics and legal arguments - including case and state law - are highlighted.

The American Lung Association of California used this timely work to encourage proactive policies on restricting smoking in condos and multifamily homes. A leading Florida attorney shared it in his law classes. Secondhand Smoke Crimes received a USA Book News Award in 2010.

This work is a wake-up call for condo boards, co-op boards, owners, property managers and lawyers who protect the rights of chain-smokers over your right to a smoke-free home.

Dr. Joyce Starr's message: Don't give up! With law firms reluctant to represent individual cases, Starr gives voice to victims and their suffering. The American Lung Association estimates that "Secondhand smoke causes approximately 3,400 deaths from lung cancer and 22,700 to 69,600 deaths from heart disease each year." Do not allow smokers to violate your life with their toxins. Even short-term exposure can prove life-threatening for non-smokers, women, children and pets.

As the book comes to a close, Dr. Starr asks, "Will our Board do the right thing?" Here's the ironic twist. She was elected to her Board in 2012 and empowered by her fellow Board members to amend the documents to restrict smoking! Years of patient explaining and campaigning - emphasizing health facts included in the book - resulted in historic change, as documented in her new book, Smoke-Free Condos.

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Review

Honored as the Winner in the USA Book News Home Health/Environmental Category - Best Books 2010 USA Book News Awards

Until this book was published there was no place to go for help. Attorneys typically will not take a case against an HOA and if they do it's incredibly expensive for the person who's fighting their HOA board on secondhand smoke issues.

Attorneys who teach other attorney's how to deal with second hand smoke issues in multi-unit complexes are using secondhand Smoke Crimes in Universities.

Dr. Starr has set this very important text in a novel like setting. The reader follows the experiences of three different people and their journey with their own HOA boards.

- Faith Ranoli, Radio Talk Show Host

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