I'm not sure where you see the lie? Is it that you don't believe that smoker's houses stink?
Or that you don't believe they sell for less? In other words people allocating their money based upon a perceived value. It's fair to disagree with ther perception, but frankly I think that they are voting with their dollars....
It would take me days to explain, but I will try to be brief.
First of all there is major corruption in the real estate industry in Delaware, particularly when it comes to kick backs from various outside services, such as cleaning companies.
Secondly, they are relying on charlatans such as John Banzhaf and James Repace. Most people who normally do not pay attention to the issue of smoking have no clue who these people are. But if a news article refers to them as experts, most people accept what they say as the truth, even if it is far from it.
Mr. Banzhaf is the shyster lawyer going after the fast food industry using the same techniques he utilized and perfected suing the tobacco companies. He earns a very handsome living from depicting smokers as low-life uneducated trailer trash.
Mr. Repace finagled away to get appointed to an ASHRAE commission/board that was working on acceptable levels for second hand smoke. He claims that to clear a room of the smoke of one cigarette would take gale force winds of 300 mph.
Those are the types of lies I see here.
As to believing "that smoker's houses stink?" That is a matter of personal opinion.
I definitely don't believe they sell for less based upon my own personal experience less than 6 months ago.
Typical of anti-smoker rhetoric, this 'report' doesn't pass the smell test. There are far too many factors involved in the sale of homes to make one factor the reason they may sell for less, Location is far more important, for instance, as are many other things not considered in this story. I simply don't believe it because I know too many people in the business who laugh at the very idea.