Re: Re: Big problem.........neighbors who smoke!

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Have you talked with your building supervisor or complex manager about this yet? Maybe they can move you into another apartment where you arent so affected by their smoke. You have a legitimate reason to move. You might want to look at your lease, and see if theres any sort of medical release in the lease...although, if you push the issue, they probably wouldnt be able to force you to stay if its detrimental to your health. Keep SUPER STRICT records of things you have tried...pictures of the weather stripping, hepa filter etc., as well as any asthma related problems you have had since the smoke started affecting you...doctors records are best for this. Do your peak flows daily, record whats going on, how the smoke smells on a scale of 1-10 (10 being worst youve ever smelled). IF you ask the people to open a window when they smoke or have any other conversation with them regarding it, log it...along with their response. Do the same for the building manager.

IF you dont get anywhere, sue for release from the lease due to medical records...

You may have a right to withold rent until the situation is fixed...but I would double check that with your local regulations/housing authority b/c you dont want to be evicted (although it would solve your smoke problem...)

Good luck Kay...

Ann

Re: Big problem.........neighbors who smoke!

Geez!! sorry, I made typo's (I was supposed to write chain smokers)

guess I"m just so frustrated

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> Here is my dilema. There are people in my apartment building who smoke cigarettes like they are going out of style. I think they are change smokers. Periodically, I will see them outside smoking but mainly they smoke in their apartment.

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> When you walk into the building, the smell hits you smack in the face. My friends who come over says it smells awful and that is really embarrassing to me.

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> The smell is so bad that I believe the carpet in the hallway needs to be changed but as long as they are still smoking non-stop that won't make a difference. It smells like an old stale hotel room when you first walk in.

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> Now here is the even bigger problem. My nice new apartment,that I just moved into, smells!! Reeks!! of cigarette smoke.

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> A friend of mine offered to come and put weather stripping in between the door cracks to try to keep the smell out. But that is not working either. I have a small air purifier in my living room. I'm not sure if the smell is coming from the heat vents as well. And I also put a blanket at the bottom of the door in an effort to try to keep the nasty smell of smoke out.

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> Nevertheless, this is a serious and big problem for me. I can't just move because I just moved here. And of course you can't control what other people are doing in the privacy of their home. It would be nice if they wouldn't smoke "but" we know that's not going to happen.

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> So now I am confined to just my bedroom!! with my bedroom door closed and my hepa air purifier on. I am so angry right now that I have to smell cigarette smoke in my apartment and I feel like its nothing I can do about.

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> Any suggestions? I'm at a lost and I'm really worried about breathing in second hand smoke and my asthma being set off even more than it already is... gosh! what am I going to do... this is unreal.....

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> Thanks friends

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> hugs

> Kay

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