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Old 04-24-2019, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by CFrance View Post
I would suggest any legal measure to anybody who subjected others unwillingly to something that endangers their health. It may be "their" property, but it's others' air space when it reaches them.
If a neighbor was "bothered" by an "offending" neighbor's smoking - why would it not be the responsibility of the offended to protect their personal air space and remedy their personal situation rather than attack the right of the smoker to live their own life in their own home? What is the degree of endangerment from second hand smoke after it has dissipated en route from one home to another?

How should a person with a respiratory ailment respond to the individual who enters their air space reeking of some fragrance that causes a violent coughing/breathing spell for the sufferer? Should the stinky person be made to leave or should the afflicted individual who was there first have to leave?
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