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Reply #186: The smokers are free to enjoy THEIR property, not free to spoil their neighbor's property. [View All]

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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 02:24 PM
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186. The smokers are free to enjoy THEIR property, not free to spoil their neighbor's property.
Which is what they are doing. They right to smoke ends at their property line. If the smoke is noxious, which it appears to be, and ever present, which it appears to be, it could very well be ruled a nuisance. It is a nuisance. Your right to smoke on your property doesn't confer upon you the right to send your smoke wherever you wish.

And it doesn't matter if second hand smoke has or has not been proved to be a danger to others. It's annoying. It brings down property values. It spoils the air others are breathing. That makes it a nuisance.

You want to smoke, that's fine. But do it where the air isn't making its way to the noses of others who don't share your addiction.
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