Quick fixes: (sub- section under tenant information)
1. Talk to the smoking neighbor
- Your neighbor may not realize that their smoke is a problem for you. Politely let your neighbor know that smoke is coming into your apartment.
- Ask them if they would mind smoking outside or in another room so that the smoke does not get into your apartment.
- Ask them if they would be willing to have their unit insulated and sealed off, as described below.
- Give them the Surgeon General’s Fact Sheet to explain why secondhand smoke is a problem.
2. Ask your landlord to improve air filtration:
- Add more fresh air intake into the ventilation system
- Clean, change, or install better filters in the ventilation system
- Restrict the amount of air exhausted through the ventilation system from the residences of tenants who smoke
3. Seal off your apartment and the smoker's apartment:
- Install door sweeps
- Fill or patch any cracks in the walls
- Insulate the air spaces around plumbing pipes
- Insulate and place outlet covers over electrical outlets
4. Ask your landlord to move you to another unit that does not have any smoking neighbors.
5. If the complex has multiple buildings, find out if the smokers would be willing to move to one building and the nonsmokers to another building.