[Protagoras]

"No smoking building" - do they make those?

There is no law against it, yet.

She did buy her own place - its a $350K condo. She feels trapped, and she was there first. (And that isn't high-end living - that's the cost of living here. A single structure home is hardly an option anymore on one income.)

So she needs a law to force her will on others because she can't afford to live in a place that costs more than $350K? Maybe she should have read the association aggreement more carefully before she put down her meager third of a million bucks.

[Fraulein]

Yes, but that would defeat the purpose of such laws, and of her wishing to shirk all responsibility onto somebody else...

[CheneyChick]

So she needs a law to force her will on others because she can't afford to live in a place that costs more than $350K?

Nope. If the neighbor would simply show some respect while exercizing their right to smoke, she could have her right to breathe clean air. The only person forcing anything here is the smoker - who insists on forcing everyone around to breathe their stinky air.

Again, I have friends who smoke (even a friend from FR- like, OMG!) and I don't have a problem with it, because they are considerate smokers and they don't have a chip on their shoulder about their "right to smoke".