What to do about neighbor’s stinky cigarette smoke?
I live in apartment. They’re fairly nice and expensive. However, one of the neighbors must be a heavy smoker, because my apartment fills with the smell of cigarette smoke every single day. It’s especially bad in the kitchen and if you turn on the vent fan above the stove, it smells terrible! It also comes through the fan in the bathroom. The smoke is so bad and is triggering headaches in me nearly every single night (I’m prone to cluster headaches and cigarette smoke is a trigger for me). It’s also making my throat sore. I know these are the effects of the smoke because I lived with family that smoked for 17 years. Anyway, what can I do about this? I live in Washington state. I know we just passed strict anti-smoking laws, but I don’t think anything is mentioned about cases like this. The apartment staff is incredibly unhelpful. It’s becoming unbearable to be in my own apartment! I can’t afford to move either and am still locked in to a 10 month lease. Does anyone have any suggestions?
To iritadragon: I’m not having issues with my neighbor. I’m not the only one who has noticed the cigarette smoke. My in-laws first pointed it out to me when I came back from a trip to California and they were watching out apartment. This isn’t in my head. Ultimately, I wouldn’t care if I could smell the cigarette smoke as long as I didn’t have the physical problems that came along with it. And it isn’t psychological. My throat is sore. I get headaches. Is it so inconceivable that the toxic chemicals in cigarettes could cause these things? Cigarettes KILL people. Yet if I get a sore throat or headache from second hand smoke, it must be psychological? That’s just silly.
Ultimately, I don’t even know which neighbor it is. It could be the guy below me which would make sense because the way the apartment is set up. It doesn’t have very good insulation and it could very likely have a problem with the fans. I smell the dryer sheets of my neigbhors dryer when they do laundry as well.
August 11th, 2009 at 5:06 am
Purchase a gas mask.
August 12th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
sorry there is nothing you can do about it. it’s their right to smoke lol
August 13th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
ask your neighbor nicely if they wouldn’t mind smoking outside every so often to give you a break from this.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Nothing you can do but wait till your lease is up and move….
August 17th, 2009 at 5:31 am
Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do about stopping someone from smoking in their own home. I’d save up as quickly as I could to move. Next time be sure you find a place that has no smoking rules in place.
August 17th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
ask ur neighbour nicely … rather tell them u have asthama problem.. it might help u…
August 19th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
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August 20th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
For lease nullificationrelocating expense compensation or resolution from landlord definitely health hazard good luck.
August 21st, 2009 at 11:17 am
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August 22nd, 2009 at 6:28 pm
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August 25th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
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August 26th, 2009 at 6:56 am
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