Talk with your neighbors about your exposure to secondhand smoke. If you know where the smoke is coming from and feel comfortable talking with your neighbor about it, see if an agreement can be reached about where and when they smoke. Try to be calm, polite and offer solutions.
Can I smoke in my condo balcony?
NEA guidelines do not prohibit smoking in private residences. Under HDB’s ruling, balconies come under private property and are therefore not included in the NEA’s list of non-smoking areas.
How do you keep smoke out of a condo?
If you find that smoke still comes into your apartment, there are some things you can do to lessen the amount. Look for cracks and spaces between the walls and floor and for openings around windows, doors and plumbing. Then, block or seal all these open spaces with filling or sealing materials.
Does smoke go through vents in apartments?
Smoke can also travel through apartments via vents or gaps that may be present around your heating or air conditioner. You may be able to block the smoke from coming into your unit by covering the gaps with insulation padding or painter’s tape.
What can I do about Neighbours cigarette smoke?
If you are affected by smoke, smell or noise nuisance from neighbours or nearby industry, you can ask your local authority to take action – or you can take action yourself – under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA).
How do I make my condo association smoke free?
The neatest method of adopting a smoking restriction in an HOA community is to include the smoking policy in the declaration when the association is initially formed. For already-existing associations, though, a new smoking rule will require an amendment to the HOA’s declaration.
Is it rude to smoke on your balcony?
Yes, smoking on a balcony does get smoke into the apartment above. Second-hand smoke is a carcinogen that is worse than smoking it filtered through your cigarettes. They second floor tenants will have grounds to have you evicted if you don’t stop.
Can I smoke in my own balcony?
Most landlords have probably included in their tenancy agreements a clause that no smoking is allowed in the apartment to protect their property so inevitably their tenants smoke outside on the balcony. Owner occupiers can of course do what they like in their apartments or on their balconies.
Can you smoke in a room without it smelling?
If you smoke cigarettes inside but don’t like the smell, just open the windows. That’s pretty much the most obvious way of how to smoke indoors without it smelling. Opening the windows will create an active exchange of indoor and outdoor air. Open windows are your friends when smoking indoors (not always, though).
Is the Florida Clean Air Act applicable to condominiums?
A: The Florida Clean Air Act applies to all types of tobacco smoke and is generally accepted to apply to both condominium and homeowners’ association’s indoor common elements.
Is it legal for a condo to be smoke free?
It is perfectly legal for a condo corporation to make its buildings smoke-free. Nothing in the Condominium Property Act prevents a condominium corporation from prohibiting smoking as part of its bylaws.
Can a condominium board ban smoking in units?
Therefore, if an association wishes to ban smoking within the units, the governing documents must be amended to include this specific prohibition within the nuisance clause.
What to do about secondhand smoke in apartments?
Secondhand smoke seeping into apartments or condominiums from neighboring units poses both a health risk and a significant nuisance. The only fail-proof solution to this problem is for buildings to go entirely smokefree, either by a policy voluntarily adopted by building management or by local ordinance.
