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If you smoke in your house, you are driving down your property value on resale, its just a pure and simple fact.

Not necessarily, there are many other factors, even expensive houses today are buildt on postage stamp size lots, we are now pretty well in the middle of town, with 1/2 acre lot, then there is location, location, location, we have that too.

You are correct many things affect valuation.. however when you compare apples to apples, same location, same ammenities and same sq ft... a house with a defect will always sell slower and for less than a house without one... unless you are in an insane market say Silicon Valley circa 1999.

And the fact remains that most smokers don't have white walls after linving in their houses for years, and don't have houses that don't smell of smoke when you enter... Same is true for the people who own multiple cats that don't use the literboxes!

That's just the reality of the situation... I know some people want to take exception that I dare suggest smoking causes phyisical damage to a property, but it does, I've seen it with my own eyes, and have had to fix it. I have had to FIX the smoke stench and layer on the sealer and new paint to get a home smelling remotely fresh again... I have to do this for Smokers, I've had to do it for Cat and Dog Urine an poo.... Believe me, anything that affects a house in any physical manner impacts its value and price.

I know some smokers here want to take objection to that fundamental reality, but that's the way it is.