people smoke next door and it's affecting my breathing?

Question

i live in an apartment complex that isn't non-smoking, but the person next door, i can smell the smoke in my kitchen, and this crap is bothering my breathing to the point where its affecting my sleep, and making it so i have to fight for air. my lease is up this febuary the 28th and i have to let them know within ONE day if im moving or not, i've been looking all month. i can't find a good apartment, and i'm running so low on time or i gotta sign another six months. i absolutely CAN'T stay here another six months and this is friggin ridiculous. this should be illegal, because i already know i have allergies, no asthma, and i'm suffering like an asthma patient with tons of buildup in my ears, my eyes burning, ect.

ive been to the doctors and hospital multiple times and havent been diagnosed with ANYTHING, and have no wheezing. i dusted my house and it's not pollen im allergic to. plain and simple, the smoke is screwing my breathing.

i'm absolutely not lying, as to the reason it affects me more than some others, i have allergies ontop of it, i think it's possibly building up on the complications i already have and making it intolerable.

Answer 1

stop lieing.


second hand smoke is a farce!


and if you dont like it..MOVE!

Answer 2

In Florida, we've made smoking interior public places unlawful (They made an exception for bars, whether they mentioned the reason in the back of the regulation grew to become into for the protection of the staff so i don't be attentive to why bar workers are no longer secure!). all of them hollered that eating places might lose funds while in actuality their final analysis greater after the smoking ban. you may think of the people who smoke might study yet fairly than be well mannered people who smoke they cluster on the door and each and every time the door opens, everyone do no longer by skill of smoke. it should not be long until eventually now there's a 50' barrier around doors. Plus i'm specific outdoor eating would be next to circulate. after all out door wait team ought to be secure too good? as quickly as we traveled to Vegas we've been reminded how undesirable it grew to become into until eventually now the ban. So we can carry on with traveling to long island city, California and Florida for the reason that they have outdoor smoking bans!

Answer 3

Why did you move into an apartment complex that allows smoking, if you have health problems that could be exacerbated by smoke?

They should be allowed to smoke in their own home, unless the apartment complex doesn't allow it anywhere. You can ask the complex to seal the walls better, or to fix the ventilation system - whichever is allowing the exchange of air. Or just ask if you can switch to another apartment in the complex - maybe the new one will have a crying baby next door, then you can complain about something else instead.

Answer 4

Poster,
With issues such as the ones you describle, it is incomprehensible that you would not check to see who smokes within the vicinity of your residence prior to signing a lease. The building does not discourage smoking so your neighbors are well within their rights. In additon, clearly they checked to see if they could smoke prior to signing the lease.

I quit smoking a month ago but believe smokers have rights as well. I have a neighbor in the apartment below me who goes outside to smoke since his wife does not like smoke. The smoke drifts up and into my front balcony door. I simply close it when he is outside smoking. In the summer I will ask him to walk further away from the building which I am sure he will kindly do.

As for your situation, unless the smoke is drifting in your window from a neighbor standing outside, it is virtually IMPOSSIBLE for smoke to come through walls or even ventilation systems to cause you lack of sleep cause you cannot breath, eyes burning, build up in ears. It is simply not possible. Please take no offense but I am thinking that you either have extreme anger towards the neighbors or hypochondria could be a condition you are suffering from that could certainly benefit from some care.

Good luck. Try to find a place where you have researched your needs a little more thoroughly so you can find some happiness.

Answer 5

You really need to move. Look harder and find some place where you can breathe clean air. If smoking is allowed in your building, and it's in your lease, then there is no legal way you can get the chimneys next door to quit, and you know they never will.

It's worth it to your health to find someplace perhaps less desirable in other ways, without the 2nd hand smoke driving you to distraction.

Get some help from a realtor specializing in rentals.
good luck!

Answer 6

s an apartment manager I have heard this complaint a hundred times and I really feel sorry for you. Unfortunately it is really hard to find non smoking apartment communities. If I can offer you a suggestion it would be to address the matter with your apartment manager and ask her if she would be willing to move you to another unit or if she/he would be willing to have maintenance worker come to your apartment and caulk around all your pipes etc to try to reduce the smoke from your neighbor. If all else fails try to rent a house...no adjoining neighbors.

Answer 7

you need to let your landlord know that this is a major issue affecting your health. you need to let your neighbors know this as well. once you do that, if they don't stop, you need to move out, but make sure to move into a non-smoking building to prevent this problem from happening again. tell your landlord that you are moving, and that if you can't find a place you'll have to live on the street because you can't put up with that.
unfortunately if it is a smoking building you can't really do anything about that, because you knew when you moved into it that it was.
good luck!!!

Answer 8

Did you know that indoor airpollution is 2-5 worst than outdoors and sometimes it's the common chemicals under the sink?(EPA website) I have more additional information I can share but am limited here so email me at alcoserfamily@yahoo

I have an asthmatic son and have conducted lots of research about this!

Answer 9

i'm a non-smoker, and i hope they curb this banning smoking crap, you people realize how much they tax cigarettes, if everyone quits they are going to raise your taxes on something else, so don't get pissed when your property taxes go up when all the businesses start moving out of your town because of lost revenues and nobody is buying cigarettes, they have to make money somehow. PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT.

Answer 10

That is terrible!! I hate smoke!!! Have you tried talking to the mgmt at the apt. Do they have another apt in the complex that is going to be available in the next month or two.

Maybe you can put a clause in the new lease that you get the next available apt. and if one doesn't come up in two months then you can drop the lease.

Good luck!!

Answer 11

report them to you landlord, and hopefully they could make your building a non-smoking building and have your neighbors take it outside! or maybe your landlord could move you to another apartment within the complex since your lease is going to be up it shouldn't be a problem.

i react to cigarette smoke badly as well, i don't have any allergies, asthma or anything but when cigarette smoke gets into my lungs its not a pretty sight!! i feel ya bud!