To think next door's teenager's boyfriend should bugger off and smoke somewhere else?

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Every morning before school the boyfriend (year 10, i think) comes round to meet the teenager so they can walk to school together and leans on the wall between our front doors having a cigarette then drops his fag butt by my front door, then after school he walks back with her and stands there smoking before going into her flat. We live in a block of flats, the stairs have signs up saying no smoking and there is next to no ventilation on the stairs so the smell lingers.

To be fair to the teenagers mum she has told him not to do it, quite a few times and did tell him before half term that he wasn't to come round anymore but she works shifts so isn't always home and he's not listening to her. I've heard her argue with her daughter about it, so I know she's trying and she did make her daughter clean all the fag butts up a few weeks ago.

I know his first name and what school he's at (he's in uniform when he's stood out there) wibu to mention it to the school? is there even anything they could do? i know at my school we used to get detention if anyone saw us smoking in uniform.

They are HA flats and the housing officer is coming round on Wednesday anyway (routine check as I've been here a year) so i could mention it to them but that seems pointless as it would be the girlfriends mum that would get told off and, as i said, I know she is trying.

stuff that thrives on neglect is good, i don't have particularly green fingers.

Its the communal stairs and hallway 5, I'm on the second floor so he's passed 5 signs and is actually stood under a 6th.

But he is smoking in a buikding where hes not allowed to smoke the flat building has nosmoking signs

Could always chat to a pcso?

1; his under age
2; his doing it where he cannot

They will talk to the boy/boys family and more thank likely the school if they are anything like our pcso's.

Schools do care what their pupils are doing in uniform as it makes the school look bad to general public and to parents who will be deciding what school to send their child too.

sezamcgregor, I thought about that but it's the smell and my DC (5 and 9) having to walk through a smokey room twice a day that's bugging me more than the fag butts.

Anyway, I put a big plastic pot outside the front door for now (just filled with a few plants mum had laying around until I can afford a prettier planter), boyfriend has just turned up and is now sat on next doors balcony smoking whilst waiting for the girl to finish getting ready so hopefully that's solved it, thanks MrsWinnibago.