New York, NY – Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday plans to propose legislation that would require residential buildings to adopt written policies on where smoking is permitted or prohibited and disclose those rules to prospective tenants and owners, a move that officials predict could increase the number of smoke-free apartment buildings in New York City.
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“We think that people ought to know whether they might be exposed to second-hand smoke in their apartment before they decide whether to rent or buy,” said Dr. Thomas Farley, commissioner of the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “We know that second-smoke can go from one apartment to the other and that it can get at levels that are high enough to have health risks.”
So now you can’t walk in the street because of all the sekfish people with their cancer sticks in their mouths blowing their toxic poison into the lungs of our children. R’L
Smoker may have rights; however, their rights extend from the top of their heads, to the bottom of their feet. The minute that their smoke begins to emanate in other people’s direction, their rights effectively cease. In 1988, nearly a quarter of a century ago, the 40 story skyscraper that I was working in, was probably the first commercial office building in the world, to ban smoking in the entire building. The smokers were not too happy about it, and they tried to sneak in a smoke in the rest rooms, and on the stairwells. However, they were caught, and dealt with. Then, they tried to stand in front of the building and smoke. They were advised to smoke on the side of the building, and allow people entering and exiting the building to breath clean air.
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SORRY, FOR A MOMENT I COULDN’T BREATHE
what did you say again?
As I stated in previous posts regarding this matter: I just paid $11 for a pack-o-smokes… may I please smoke it in peace!
i dont smoke but i have a problem with this.
i have walked into apartment buildings and office buildings that smell from incense burning. i dont see any laws out against that . same for scented candles. both of those smells give me headaches and make me cough. why arent they part of the picture as well?
i have been to public parks and zoos where there were designated smoking areas away from the attractions. i think that is a good compromise for these places.
there is too much control being taken from us. it feels as if we are not living in the land of the free anymore.
soon we will not be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. everything will be on a list of rules that we must follow. i didnt sign up to be in the army…i dont want these rules shoved down my throat
I can’t understand the frum people on this site, who smoke, and justify smoking. I thought that according to Halacha, one must not endanger their health? How then, do frum people justify smoking? Can someone explain that phenomenon?
Smoking is against halacha and is especially wrong when it bothers other people. As a not-yet frum jew, Michael Blumberg will get alot of s’char in shamayim for standing up for this very great mitzva
I live in an apt. bldg. The people on top and under me both smoke. I do not. All apts. have hardwood floors so the smoke goes through the cracks. I sometimes think that I live in Pittsburgh!! My kid now has asthma!! When we moved in the bldg was all American. Now the Americans are a minority!! The bldg is now all Russian and arab!! Who can you fight?? City hall??
I think this is ridiculous. I live on the 3rd floor with non-smokers on all sides and when I open the window, I get smoke smells from the street.
Should current tenants/owners be made aware of non-smoking areas in the building? Absolutely. But I think that the signs already posted in those areas make that clear and we don’t really need to have it legislated. Prospective tenants/owners? Well, if these people don’t check out the building before signing on the dotted line, then that’s their problem.
The smell of smoke is a problem, but there’s a few other things to consider: I lived in an apartment building where every Thursday afternoon, someone in the building would cook fish for dinner. The stench of not-so-fresh fish would hit you when you opened the front door to the building. Do we need to legislate against bad food odors?
I currently live in a building with some smokers. There’s no smoking in the hallways or elevator, but most smokers have lost their sense of smell, so they don’t realize that they smell like old cigarettes & that the smell carries into the elevator. Do we need to legislate that all smokers have to take a shower before getting into an elevator?
Smoking may be bad, but the exhaust pipe of one vehicle is gives 1000 times more pollution and smoke then 1 cigarette, stop the bluff.
Second hand smoke is open is an exaggerated invention of the ant-smoking lobby.
Mr Mayor can you just take care of more important problems, like rats in the subways and the one in Gracy mansion. Or just leave it all alone and get me back my train service the way it was before you took office.
#16 : The ant-smoking lobby? How do you check cigarettes for bugs?