To say something to neighbour??

[Chocoholism]

We live in fairly small block of flats and on the ground floor. My neighbour smokes cigarettes out of her kitchen window which is practically next to our bathroom and kitchen windows (like an L shape)
If we have our windows open when she is smoking then we can sometimes smell the smoke waft in.
We have a baby girl and obviously want to protect her from all we can, but I don't know how bad that would be having smoke blown in to our flat??
Should I talk to them or just put up with it or don't open windows for all the warm weather!
Is it unreasonable to be put out by this? Wwyd?

Also to add, we live in an unfriendly part let's say, of south london and the neighbour in question is not very chatty and I don't talk to them apart from hello

I have this problem with a neighbour's cigarette smoke drifting into my kitchen from his garden when our windows are open. It's not pleasant, but they aren't doing anything illegal, so I think you have no option but to put up with it. I would ignore it if you can, and try to put it to the back of your mind.

What Campaspe said.

Fair enough if it was constant bonfires, or a wood burner but you might run the risk of sounding a bit petty for the minuscule amount of smoke that'll be drifting in.

Do you think that on a daily basis this is harmful to DD?
If I carry on and don't say anything should I have windows open or closed?

TBH I think you are on a hiding to nothing - she is smoking in her own home.

Do you have an extractor in your kitchen? If you do, put it on when you think she is smoking - or keep your kitchen window closed.

I should think your DD gets more harmful carcinogenics just walking down the street if you live in South London !

This is true stargazey
I wasn't too annoyed as I was a smoker and most of family smoked/s But DP doesn't/hasn't and neither does his family so he says it's the worse thing that could happen for her lungs so I kinda got a bit concerned then

She is my pfb too not forgetting

Deep breathe.. I think your dd will be fine, and will probably inhale more stuff that's worse for her just by having a run around a play park in London.. That doesn't stop the fact it's not very nice, but how much time do you both spend in the bathroom/ kitchen? Maybe just shut the doors until you need to go in?

No, the smoke drifting in from someone smoking outside is not even vaguely as harmful as the fumes from cars you are exposed to in London.

The studies relating to the dangers of passive smoking looked at children who were in confined spaces with heavy smokers who smoked inside and kept the windows closed.

The hysteria about passive smoking from next door neighbours is pretty ridiculous, tbh. Fair enough to complain that you don't like the smell (you will most likely get ignored, though, and fair enough), but not that it's dangerous to your daughter.

I think you have to let this one go, as there is no legal grounds for complaint and in theory you could keep your windows closed, though of course you shouldn't have to.

When I was in hospital after giving birth, the ward I was in was above the main entrance to the building. Where all the smokers congregated. We couldn't open the windows at all in the hottest month of the year. It was either stifling or stinky in there. Grim.

It would be lovely if there was some way of blocking cigarette smoke from wafting in.

Just shut the window when you smell it?

What on earth are you going to do when walking out and about past smokers or exhaust pipes? The buggy she'll be in is in direct line with most exhaust fumes.

Maybe I'll buy a gas mask??