Re: "Landlords shouldn't rule out smokers," Aug. 3.
As a non-smoker living in a smoker-infested apartment building, my clothes, my bed linens, my living quarters smell like second-hand smoke because there is no way to prevent toxic smoke from entering my apartment. I pay full rent on my unit and it is not appropriate that the neighbours' bad habits interfere with my quiet enjoyment of the premises.
The common areas of the halls hold the unpleasant odor of stale and fresh second-hand smoke. The health hazards of the carcinogenic chemicals contained in second-hand smoke infiltrates my lungs, thanks to my apartment neighbours who smoke and who do not care about their lungs or mine. The letter writer complains she cannot find an apartment building that will accept her unhealthy habit and pet.
If one chooses to do that which is politically incorrect, in this case, smoking, then accept the consequences gracefully.
Kaye Hayes
Victoria
