Smokers being excluded from homes
A THIRD of smokers are being forced to lie about their habit to find a home to rent.
Only 7 per cent of landlords will allow tenants to smoke in their properties, while 38 per cent would evict someone who smoked indoors, according to flatshare website Easyroommate.
Smokers are also unpopular with fellow tenants, with only 19 per cent of people saying they would be prepared to share a home with a smoker, while 37 per cent said they would only do so if their housemate agreed to just smoke outdoors.
Jonathan Moore, the director of Easyroommate, said: "With smoking in pubs and restaurants off the cards, the last refuge for smoking - at home - is being eroded now too.
"There's been a strong shift in attitudes towards smoking, and the tolerance levels of smokers, since the smoking ban."
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