the way the managers at the so-called non-smoking buildings want to interpret the idea is not as a selling point, but as an annoying rule that has to be enforced.

so, they'll say things like "only new tenants are not allowed to smoke".

it's not seen as a welcome positive right to a healthy, smoke-free environment, but as an annoying rule to limit behaviour - one they ultimately don't want to enforce.

the attitude i want to hear is "existing tenants now have the right to a smoke-free environment", and not "only new tenants are prohibited from smoking.".

do you see the culture shock, here? the difference in values? the backwardsness inherent in the misunderstanding?