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As housing affordability has continued to deteriorate, more and more people have moved into apartments. This trend shows no signs of slowing.

Historically, apartment-dwellers had been considered to be mostly transients, like students or travellers. The demographics have well and truly changed, especially in the past decade, with many families and older ones now living in multi-unit housing.

It's time for the authorities to step up to the plate, & to put in place proper tobacco measures to ensure public health.

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considerate band fair,

People expect, and in fact demand, to drink water from their taps that is free from carcinogenic substances; expecting this from the air we breathe in our apartments is fair enough. Many don’t seem to appreciate this.

It’s no coincidence that its illegal to smoke in supermarkets, workplaces, restaurants, cafes, etc

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Harmful smoke would include cigarette smoke drifting in from other lots. The effects of passive/second-hand smoking are well known (ie. cancers, heart disease, respiratory problems, defects to the unborn, SIDS, etc), as a mountain of indisputably good studies has shown.

I’m not aware of any noise being this serious.

My question is whether I can have a court issue an order to stop my neighbour from smoking if they are affecting me adversely, just as I can if he or she was making sufficient noise.  

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