Posted on 06/16/2005 5:33:52 AM PDT by Boston Blackie
In a case that tobacco law specialists say is one of the first of its kind in the nation, a Boston Housing Court jury ruled that a South Boston couple could be evicted from their rented water-view loft for heavy smoking, even though smoking was allowed in their lease.
The landlord who rented the Sleeper Street unit to Erin Carey and Ted Baar ordered them out within a week last November, after neighbors complained of the smoke odors filtering into their apartments.
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Ban egg salad too.
who in their right mind doesn't like the smell of garlic when it's first dropped into heated olive oil?
Is it OK if your neighbors have pictures of cigarette smoke on their walls? You remind me of the neurotic who held up a whole city's transportation system because all the buses did not have wheelchair access.
Thanks for defining the law for the rest of us all by yourself. What say you about the nut at an an outdoor concert who had a canniption fit because someone 200 feet downwind of her lit a cigarette? Should the offender also have been "evicted"?
Neurotics are not the center of the universe, you know.
This has nothing to do with this thread, but I'm adding it anyway. Today is four months tobacco free for me. I quit cold turkey on 2/16 from smoking 2+ pax a day. I just realized it has been 1/3 of a year.
''It is very important, because it is a sign that people are more aware of how dangerous second-hand smoke is," said Professor Richard Daynard, chairman of Northeastern University's Tobacco Products Liability Project, which tracks second-hand smoke litigation nationally."
how dangerous second-hand smoke is?"
Bullsh_t. This not about "dangerous second-hand smoke."
This is a "property rights" issue and victory.
I am a landlord and I decide what can and cannot be done on my property.
If, as a renter you do not like my decision, see you later.
>>I have asthma, and it's certainly makes me ill.
God has it in for you, then. Face it. Don't be afraid.
Silly arguments, specially "suppose" ones, are a riot.
Suppose your gross overweight body produces an intolerable smell offending others for a radius of 100 yards. Can the rest of us have you evicted?
Suppose you start dating a martian who smells like Jabba the Hutt?
Suppose...
Exactly! That's why I own my own home. I'm da Boss!!!
congrats man. from what i understand the first weeks the worst.
Cigarette stench nor garlic odor stop at the confines of an individuals apartment wall. Some people find garlic as offensive as cigarettes. Does that justify banning garlic?
So, what happened?
Such a crock. Like these guys really CARE about our health and the health of others. If that were the case, they would be going after the Drug companies who continue, each day, to pump man-made substances into innocent victims, who believe what their doctor has told them.
Why not go after the real problem? Lies presented to the public?
AND - if smoking was allowed in the building - why was that not pushed in this case? Apparently the amount of smoking was not stated in the lease, just permitted.
The way Jury's seem to think these days baffles the mind in some cases. 'Just the facts, please ma'am.' Leave out the propaganda, and we may get somewhere with justice.
Who am I kidding. JK
I agree..........and that should extend to all business people.
It climbs over walls and under doors. Comes in through windows and sneaks through holes. We share the air with a virtual potpourri of car exhaust, middle eastern immigrant body stank, obnoxious colognes, perfumes, deodorants, hairspray, footspray, butt powder, septic foulness, sewer gas, cooking odors (there's a certain Garlicy restaurant in New Jersey that comes to mind), cow flatulence, and cigarette smoke. We can't legislate against all of these, but it's fine with you to single out one of them. What should I do if I was your neighbor and became ill whenver you had your buddies from the Mosque over for some barbecued goat? </rant>
There is no such thing as too much garlic, IMHO.
Why do you friendless controlling types always miss the obvious third alternative:
More proof that a much larger percentage of the American population is subject to delusions of grandeur and afflicted by serious neuroses?
Numerous, impartial studies have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that simply the smell of cigarette smoke is harmless to normal, physically and mentally healthy human beings.
As a reformed smoker, I say this is going too far. If the lease permits smoking in your apartment, then I think there are other issues we don't know about.
While I do not find the smell of garlic offensive, (fried foods, especially in the heat can make me vomit) would never in a million years try to prevent someone from engaging in "ethnic" cooking. That's as stupid as trying to force everybody to be vegetarians!
LOL Your kidding!
No hope for the catfish fry neighbors.: )
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