Posted on 08/31/2010 7:56:06 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Officials in Washington state say they'll consider moving the health battle over secondhand smoke into a new and contentious arena -- people's homes.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Board will consider a proposal next month to classify secondhand smoke as a "nuisance" in multi-unit housing, The Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune reported Monday.
Backers of the measure say they want it incorporated in the state's landlord-tenant law.
"This is the last piece of the puzzle that needs to be placed," Nan Hogan, who helped write the proposed legislation, said. "We've got smoke-free motel rooms, smoke-free restaurants, smoke-free bars, smoke-free office buildings and even prisons. Why should we go home and have to breathe it there?"
Hogan is a member of the group People United for Smoke-free Housing.
In most multi-family structures, the group says, there is no practical way to seal one apartment from another.
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I’m a non smoker and had the same situation.
My solution was to move. It is not my right to tell other people what they can or cannot do in the privacy of their own home.
If I can’t stand it then it is my responsibility to do what is right for me.
True. But there are words to describe people who make you smell their stink.
Once a person lights up, he forces everybody around him either to partake in the smell, or leave the area.
And the smoker is forcing that choice on everybody else.
That sort of behavior isn't really consistent with the idea of "rights."
Just to point out ... You moved because what he did "in the privacy of his own home" invaded the privacy of your home.
It bothered you the point where you had to pack up and move to a different place.
What gives him the right to intrude on your privacy that way?
My ex-wife used to manage apartments. Ever smelled Curry? Some people, Indians mostly, cook with it for every meal. It’s awful. Wanna ban that also? Where does it end? You already found the solution, you moved. If we left it to the market, there WOULD be non-smoking apatments and you’d be first in line.
Nanny State PING!
—as William F. Buckley once commented (near, not an exact quote)—”the people who would make smoking tobacco a felony wish to make smoking marijuana compulsory”-—
When people who don't smoke pot and have random drug tests where they work start losing high paying jobs because the neighbors are getting loaded, something will happen--either 'no smoking' or lawsuits, or worse...
That won't stop the tobacco smoke nazis from trying to get around the concept that pot smoke is smoke, too.
Boo hoo, do you and your wife wear matching skirts? You sure do whine a lot.
You will not remain safe in your own home for long. The nannies never stop! Ever. They should be ridiculed out of town, however we have such a complacent society that people are begging to be slaves to the government.
Sure glad your not my neighbor.
I can only guess that I'm a lot more glad about that than you are.
“We moved”
Gee willikers, how on earth did you find a solution without government intervention.
“I’m one Freeper who affirms this law.”
Should we not also ban shell fish or peanuts from multi-people dwellings? Those can cause immediate death for some folks.
Thanks for the ping. These nanny state whiners just kill me.
You might want to look up the word 'irony' in the dictionary.
You should be happy about that. I hate whiners like you.
I’ll bet your neighbors aren’t so happy about you though.
And yet, ironically, your posts on this thread are one long string of aggressive whining.
“Stop paying your property taxes and the real owner will pay you a visit.”
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Nailed.
I’ve been saying that for years.
“We rented the place sight-unseen.”
You admit to being willfully ignorant and then go on a rant about how you should be rewarded for your ignorance. Just wait until your attitude carries forward with health care.
What ever you say Mr. Sensitive. You are a joke.
You’re still whining, junior.
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