[Godebert]

"I'm not an anti-smoker nazi but what I read of the article looked factual to me. I had a friend who bought the home of a smoker. They scrubed the doors in the house numerous times to get all the black stuff off. Ended up having to just buy new doors. Obviously they bought the thing with the knowledge it was a smoker's house. They just figured they would be able to wash the stuff off and clean it up. Easier said than done. They didn't realize how much the smoke permeates the wood and drywall."

You're either mistaken or lying. Tobacco smoke leaves a tan/yellow film on woodwork and walls, not "black". It comes right off with simple green and a sponge.

[johnb838]

Just KNOWING that tobacco smoke had been in the house is enough to set these people off. In future, former owners of smoking houses will be sued for all manner of health problems that can be back-blamed on somebody else.

Also, I expect that the final regulation on no smoking in a private home will be under the guise of it being a fire hazard. It's "fo da chirren, youknowwhutI'msaying?"