Re smoking: I'm staggered at the number of people who think it is Ok to inflict their own self-destructive behaviour on others. Smoking is banned in many places because it is injurious to health. If my neighbours want to poison themselves, that is up to them as long as no-one else is affected, (apart from the health care costs to all of us when they do get sick), but I greatly object to having to breathe in the toxic fumes from their balcony. I value my health and try to look after it. There may be some things I cannot control, such as breathing in traffic fumes, but I expect to be able to safeguard my health in my own home. I choose not to sit with smokers outside restaurants and avoid smoke wherever I can. Why should I not be able to do so in my own home? It is NOT Ok to say “live and let live” and “strata living involves give and take” in this instance. Breathing in even second-hand smoke has been proven to harm health. No-one should have to put up with this selfish behaviour.