We live in a small end-of-terrace house with a garden, and while our neighbours are really fine, their smoking is beginning to really wear me down. There are three , sometimes four adults smoking all day.
It filters through the house via the understairs cupboard ad bathroom - which now smells like an ashtray despite the fact that we installed a de-ioniser thing, which helps a bit. Its bad in the Winter when all the windows are shut, but summer is actually worse as there is no escape. They smoke in the garden and filters up into our windows in all rooms. It's constant. I am in my bedroom and all I can smell is stale smoke drifting from in from their windows. It's the same at the front of the house. They are not even smoking outside it's just drifting in from their house inside and out.
For a year there were only two living there and vaping and it was wonderful - made a significant difference to our lives. I don't want to exaggerate the health risks (I think this is termed tertiary smoke?), but it worries me and it's just so unpleasant and constant. I really notice when they go out. Added to this two of them have the most horrific coughs where they seem to hack till they puke - all of which we can hear. And just to be really judgey there are two small kids in the house.
We used to be able to speak to the bloke about it a bit, but he has moved out (and given up!) and new bloke has moved in. They have a right to smoke in their own garden so I really can't ask further. We have the ioniser, I have filled gaps and carpeted the understairs cupboard, washed walls and put plants and flowers everywhere. What next?
I don't want to complain to the landlord as there is so much social cleansing by raised rents/gentrification round here, I cannot risk their home. But the tipping point has been as the summer comes they are spending every evening smoking and talking outside till late and we end up with the windows closed, listening to them cough and spit and chunter on in a fog of fag smoke.
I don't think there is anything to be done. Even if I do speak to them - they aren't going to give up for me area they? Does anyone have a magic bullet solution? (other than move house!).