Wrong. Bullshiite. NOPE!
If you want to have everything regulated, then move to China. Or, just stay around Amerika a little longer. Tenants have the right to rent a space. Somebody else owns it, and is only obligated to make sure your water runs, the toilets drain, and the heat stays on.
I was driving down the road the last year, and I encountered the smell of cow manure, for more than a mile. I love the smell. It reminds me of the country. It's bullshiite!
If you are suffering, move. Don't make someone else suffer, too. It isn't his fault he can't afford to buy a house, too. He has the right to smoke , IN WRITING. It is not a 'benefit', not a 'blessing', it's a right, BY CONTRACT. I walk outside, often, in the evening, when I am smoking a cigar. We have an enclosed front porch in our 105 yr old farm house, so my wife doesn't have to put up with the smell (read that- bitch at me). I don't want to offend her, by smoking in the rest of the house, but she would never, really, say a thing.
We own it. I am her husband. I have the right to sit in front of the bigscreen, granted by her. Instead, we have some 105 yr old teared windows that I look through, from the porch, and remote 900mhz speakers to bring me the sound.
We own other places, and I make the same considerations.
Some people don't have that choice. But, they do have the RIGHT to smoke. It's their body. Even the second-hand smoke nazis are finding no evidence to support them...
Sorry, if I disagree. People need to learn more about rights, and in this case contract law...
This was not a case of government regulation- the landlord was the one seeking to evict these smokers.
He has the right to smoke , IN WRITING. It is not a 'benefit', not a 'blessing', it's a right, BY CONTRACT.
Sure, but the contract went on to ban offensive odors and such. That's why they got evicted.