Another Slap For Smokers: It Might Soon Be Ilegal To Smoke In Your Own Home

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A fellow MyLotter pointed this out to me, and I started to do a search for articles. It seems a growing trend here in America is for landlords to make their properties, such as condos and apartments smoke free. Okay I can see how smoking in public places can not only be a nuisance for non-smokers, as second hand smoke cam also affect non-smokers. Thus, one can't smoke in any public place now...not in restaurants, planes, trains, movie theaters, hospitals, even bars. Even though I'm a smoker, I sometimes can't stand the smell of second hand smoke myself. But this new "movement" to make even smoking in one's own home is a bit much don't you think? According to the so-called rational is that if a person smokes in their apartment, the smell of the smoke can affect other apartment dwellers..thus the idea of landlords to literally ban people from smoking in their home, to the point where a landlord could have the right to evict a person for smoking. Uh, like Huh? Here's one such article..it's from last year actually but will give you an idea of what is going on, and the article is related to California...but this move to ban smoking in apartments is a movement going on nationwide. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/CancerPreventionAndTreatment/story?id=3688508&page=1 (Quote:) [i]Today in Calabasas, the City Council plans to vote on expanding its anti-smoking law to bar renters from lighting up inside existing apartments. It would exempt current resident smokers until they moved but would require all new buildings with at least 15 units, including condos, to be smoke-free. Next Tuesday, the City Council of Belmont is scheduled to cast a final vote on a similar measure that won initial approval last week. The ordinance, which applies to apartments and condos, would allow fines and evictions if neighbors complained and smokers didn't heed warnings. [/i] I have to admit, I'm a smoker (still and don't bash me over the head cause of it)...but I really find this ludicrous....what about people that have really offensive cooking odors?...or like my one neighbor who must napalm her apt with a ton of Pine Sol that I find offensive? What about us people who like burning incense....would that also be considered offensive? Yes I can see if people find other people's smoking offensive...but then they should purposely move to a smoke free apartment dwelling. Do you think landlords have the right to enforce this on buildings where it hasn't been designated as a smoke free apartment...do you think they have the right to evict people just because they smoke?