As a concerned tenant, here is what you should know:

• The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has no policy that restricts landlords from adopting smoke-free policies in common areas or in individual units.
• Smoke-free policies are permitted under federal law, including the federal Fair Housing Act, and under Maine law.
• If an apartment owner who has HUD-assisted housing units decides to include the smoke-free policy in the lease, HUD approval of the lease change may be necessary.
• The following housing authorities manage smoke-free and/or tobacco-free facilities:
• Auburn Housing Authority
• Bangor Housing Authority
• Bar Harbor Housing Authority
• Brunswick Housing Authority
• Brewer Housing Authority
• Ellsworth Housing Authority
• Fort Fairfield Housing Authority
• Mount Desert Island Housing Authority
• Old Town Housing Authority
• Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation Housing Authority (new complex)
  
• Sanford Housing Authority
• Southwest Harbor Housing Authority
• Tremont Housing Authority
• Waterville Housing Authority
• Westbrook Housing Authority

You can download a HUD letter that explains in more detail what landlords can and cannot do concerning smoke-free policies.