Does the council regard second hand smoking a health and safety risk?

[chloem93]

Hi all, I'm in my third trimester and wanted some advice on the council but primarily the homeless section of the council. I know different councils might be different but it would be helpful to have your advice if you have had this problem before and spoke to your council about it or you know a lot about what constitutes as unhealthy/unsafe conditions when it comes to housing.
I have been given notice to leave my family home from my mother anyway for other reasons but I was wondering at my assessment if I should mention that I believe the property is unsafe for a newborn due to smoking/carbon monoxide? There's two regular smokers and a vape smoker in this property and I've lived here through out my pregnancy, they refuse to smoke outside or stop smoking in the kitchen and living room. They also shut all the windows in the house apart from my room, so it feels like no fresh air gets in which makes me feel like I can't leave my room. Midwifes have also ordered 2 extra scans due to this second hand smoking and for the first trimester, my carbon monoxide level was a 5 which is the highest for a non smoker. Since I've been sitting in the garden in the summer and had the windows in my room open all of the time, it's dropped down to a 3. They've told me a 2-3 is ok for a non smoker but anything higher is bad as it indicates high levels of second hand smoking. I don't want my child to have high levels!
Would saying this in my assessment help in my application? Obviously I don't want it to seem I've made myself intentionally homeless so that's why I'm asking but I believe that it could be an important factor. It's been proven that second hand smoke increases the risk of SIDS and respiratory problems in newborns and children, any parent would be worried about this surely?
Can this reason warrant the place being deemed unsafe? I would also like to add that through the summer, they still don't smoke outside so I hardly doubt they would smoke outside in the winter once the baby comes. Tbh even if I wasn't given notice to leave, I wouldn't want to bring a newborn back to smoke filled house.

Do I say this in my assessment or does it not matter?

[Starryskiesinthesky]

I would definitely mention it. Not sure how much it helps but it should.