Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what support is available for people who live in tenement accommodation in connection with people smoking on tenement landings.
As private residential accommodation, tenement flats and related stairs and closes are exempt from the provisions of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005. In these circumstances, any issues which individual occupiers might have in connection with people smoking in communal areas within tenement buildings require to be resolved privately.