To wish our neighbours wouldn't smoke on their balcony?

[WanderingNotLost]

Now I know people have the right to smoke on their own balcony if they want to. But here's the thing.
My and DP's flat has entirely south-facing windows, so when it's warm and sunny the place turns into a furnace. The thermostat read 35° when we got home today. Our building is an L-shape, so there's a flat on the floor below us whose living room balcony is below and to a right angle from our bedroom window, and the people who live in it have been smoking out there- presumably so their flat won't smell. We had our bedroom window open to try and cool the room down, and now it stinks, and I mean really stinks of cigarette smoke. I won't be able to sleep in there tonight.
Again, I know they can smoke on their balcony. But would it be so hard to show some consideration, when they can see that our bedroom window is open and their smoke is going right for it?!
Aargh.

"Oh come on, lurked. It's hardly pearl clutching to ask that people have a little consideration for others, especially their immediate neighbours.

Genuinely not being goady, but what would you consider "right" that's currently illegal? grin"

It is pearl clutching, if you live in flats you have to be able to accept some of the points of living at close quarters. A lot of the comments about how nasty smoking is, well I do hope all those people don't drive and only buy fresh produce sourced locally etc, otherwise any of this is just down personal preference and clutching your pearls to make people think its terrible.

As for the legality thing, well there are lots of things that have been illegal and have since become legal and are now part of the norm. In reality I'd say drugs, prohibition doesn't work, it gives far too much power, money and influence to organised crime, and addicts are jailed.

Legalise it, tax it, fund the subsidy of treatments out of the tax. Simple

This thread is hilarious.

It is, Mary.

This thread is about to be discussed on The Wright Stuff on channel 5 with a phone in. Either that or another identical thread has popped up elsewhere on the internet.

Will serve me right for not turning over after bananas in pajamas.

It is pearl clutching, if you live in flats you have to be able to accept some of the points of living at close quarters. A lot of the comments about how nasty smoking is, well I do hope all those people don't drive and only buy fresh produce sourced locally etc, otherwise any of this is just down personal preference and clutching your pearls to make people think its terrible.

Right. If you contribute in any way to the transport sector, you have no right to complain about cigarette smoke. That makes perfect sense.