I think you and 1st freedom both have points. If you live in an apartment, you can't complain about a little noise from neighbors, the occasional traffic and party noise, and even cooking odors from time to time. But continuous noise and smells, even (especially?) smoke from others' apartments shouldn't have to be condoned. There is too much grief given to smokers, but many smokers are themselves too sensitive to legitimate complaints. These issues should have been resolved in the parties' leases. If you are asthmatic, insist on no smoking in nearby apartments at the outset of your lease. On the other hand, if you smoke so much that it infiltrates your neighbors' places, that is probably beyond reasonable expectations. We might disagree about where the point is, but at some point reasonable activities become unreasonable in their duration or concentration. It is certainly ok to have a few friends over every once in a while, but 25 people partying every night would be excessive in most people's opinion. How much cigarette smoke is too much? I'm glad I own my home so I don't have to be in that argument.