I live in a small apartment and my mom smokes at the window in our kitchen which is only a few feet from?
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Wow... i smoke but i go outside and change clothing when i come back in so my kids wont be around it. Your mom sounds like one tuff lady. have you voiced your concern to her about YOUR HEALTH? if not you should. If she still doesnt want to stop you could always move out or make her move out if it bothers you that much. Geez i cant beleave how stubborn your mom is. I dont see the big deal on going outside to smoke. I feel for you. \n\nGood Luck. one more thought maybe you could show her one of those videos about what happens to your body when you smoke and you could start crying while watching it with her and tell her you dont want her to end up with cancer and die.
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I would just keep no contact between you and her, also after 10pm in most cities the area is expected to be quieter than normal. Well the best way to help you out is to document the times and problems with her or the police coming to the apt. state what you are doing and think what she could get on you far as noise wise and/or any compliant. Also do not make any type of trouble or comments to her or your neighbors that could be friends with her or anything that can be used against you.i wish the best of luck
406542
there should be a vent in your house or whatever where it sucks in air from the room, but it is filtered before returning to the room(s)
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Yes a little but not enough to worry about. If you are breathing the smoke. That sounds like a good concert. I woulnd't worry about it, the amount would be tiny.
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If the person your moving in with is smart, then the cops will never show up.  just take some safety precautions, like have a designated smoking room, keep all gear in one place not strewn about for the cops to find. as for the smell, use a paper towel or toilet paper tube and stuff a bunch of dryer sheets in it, now exhale through this and it should cut down the smell significantly. of course if you don't want to go to all this trouble, then i would suggest finding a roomie that dosen't smoke
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let her know that smoking is really bad for her health and let her know that it bothers you when she smokes...explain to her the type of health problems that caused by smoking...my mother used to smoke..and we always tell her to stop smoking...we let her know that its a bad habit...that we care about her..and not ready to lose her as our mother..and its been 4 years that she's a smoke- free...
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According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, there is no set distance, so he should be able to smoke right outside the door. Here's the state's description of the law: http://www.idph.state.il.us/tobacco/cleanq&a.htm
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You should advise her to stay away from clubs and away from smoke.
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Start coughing..not as soon as you see her pull one out of the pack...wait about 10 seconds or so after she lights up start off with one or 2 coughs and then as she continues to smoke the cigarette cough more and more and when she finishes the cigarette stop coughing and do this every time she smokes in front of you and do not give up..this will start to play on her conscious...even if she tries to smoke in her bedroom...if you smell it start coughing as you pass buy..and not a wimpy cough..make it a loud hooping cough and then start touching your throat as if it hurts..if after about a week of doing this she has not caught the hint then\nTalk to her in a respectful way..as if she is one of your friends from school and not sarcastic like many teenagers do which parents ignore and do not respect. Tell her that her smoking is really starting to bother you and would she please start smoking outside ans not while in the car with you or in the same room..once she starts to smoke outside then this will mean she will not smoke as often which means it may lead to her deciding to stop smoking all together.
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if you are renter, and not a owner there is nothing you can do, other than move. there are some non-smoking apartments, they are just a little harder to find.
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Don't smoke, but my mom can't stop
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If she is not coughing and is not running a fever then most likely she should be in school. \nDoes she have allergies? Maybe there is something in the classroom that is triggering this response.\nDoes anyone in the family smoke? Even if they do it outside, children with smokers in the near family have more colds than in non-smoking families.\nWhat grade is she in? If she is young then she could just be getting all the colds she has not been exposed to yet and this will clear up in time.\nSee what the attendence policy is in the school and support her right to an education.
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lol, she is griping because you are not leaving smelly laundry in her house? Sounds like you will have tons more odd problems in the future. I had a roomates for a few years and never realy noticed what they washed. Roomate situations can be very hard and you do have to learn to live with a few odd things  but banning you from the washer and dryer sounds like you will be in for a rough ride. I would not run yelling out  of the house but you may want to start looking for a new place.\nI know I said some odd things when I first had strangers living with me. I needed them there to pay my mortgage but it took me a while to get used to them in my personal space.  \n\nOne of my roomates made me take the house plants out of the kitchen window because they did not like dirt in the kitchen.
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dude above me... man, we used to be neighbors!  millwoods, NO WAY!  LMFAO.\n\nOkay no seriously... we moved, not cause of them but we did.  But our solution, is we BBQ'ed the shiat out of our meat on the deck till it was smoking and the smoke went in their place... VOILA!  Keeping the vent fan on on the stove helps too...\n\nWhoever said air cleaner or whatever that helps.. odor neutralizer!  \n\nIf all else fails.. do what we did, throw a fat Tbone on the barbie and smoke em out!!
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I'm no lawyer, but it sounds like you have a case.   Your neighbor has a right to smoke in his apartment, but I imagine that his rights end where your apartment begins.   \n\nTell your landlord that you're going to contact a lawyer to explore what legal options, if any, you have.    That alone could be enough to rattle his cage and make him do something about the situation.  \n\n.
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Appeal to her motherly instincts. I know she very much wants to see you grow up, and to be there for her grandchildren that she'll one day have. \n\nI struggled with smoking for years, and it still comes back to haunt me sometimes... the thing that keeps me from smoking is that fact that I MUST be there for my little boy... he has no one but me. If you can convince her that heart disease/lung cancer will cut her life short (and it probably will if she keeps smoking, especially if she has a family history of it) she may be more likely to listen to you.\n\nSay something like, "Mom, I love you, and I don't want to lose you. What would we do without you?"
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They just passed a law in a city near San Francisco that prohibits smoking anywhere but a totally detached home.  If you live in a townhouse or apartment it's against the law to smoke.  Next they will be in your home telling you what you can and can't eat.  It's effing ridiculous!