I have had cigarette smoke coming in from under my front door, the hallway closet, and the bathroom vent. My partner and I are planning to have children in the next 5 years, so the issue of second hand smoke is quite important to us.

I've been an owner in the Towers since 2004 and I have problems with odors getting into my apartment from smoking residents. The neighbors downstairs are heavy smokers. I covered the vents in the bathrooms to minimize the smoke, but it is not working.

On one windy evening, a cigarette ember from another balcony ignited a fire in one of our balcony planters! We feel strongly that other people’s smoking habits impact our lives and health, and even safety.

I’m a cancer survivor (B-cell lymphoma) and I do not want to be exposed to secondhand smoking in the hallways of my building where I walk from the garage to my unit (which I own). Smoking should not be allowed because it travels through vents and reeks the hallways.

I normally do not care what people do in their own units, but when my neighbors smoke on their balconies the smell comes into my unit, forcing me to close my windows.

I lived in a unit where the neighbor smoked and it was like having a smoker in my home. At one point in my present unit, a smoker who lived on the other side of the elevator banks, her smoke would come into my unit from the hallway! When a neighbor smokes on the balcony, it comes into my unit.

I live near the unit that caught on fire due to a lit cigarette. The fire was minor, but it is still a hazard. I also just hate the smell, as it pervades my unit and hallways.

I have to put towels down in front of the doors so the odor doesn't come into my apartment. I have woken up in the middle of the night and my living room smells like an ash tray. You can't open your windows without the smell wafting in from somewhere.

As a nurse for 40 years it shocks me that we are still arguing about a well known cariogenic product that causes negative health outcomes for not only the individual but for anyone around them. I vote for banning smoking in the building for the sake of everyone and because it will increase the property value of the building by making it a more desirable place to live. If nothing else, do it for the children that live in the building — it can cause permanent damage to their lungs.

I have been unable to use my balcony for years. My neighbors had to move out because smoke filled their entire apartment constantly despite three very expensive air filters. They sold their place in 2016 and moved to a smokefree building in Arlington.

Many afternoons and evenings as I decide relax in my nice apartment I am put off by the nasty cigarette smoke coming through the air vent. The horrid smell ruins not only ruins my peace and gives me a nauseous feeling in my stomach, but it also makes me cough. I have sensitive lungs and I am bothered by the fact that I am exposed to secondhand smoke that can threaten my health. Something has to be done about this.

I am a senior, I am very allergic to cigarette smoke. I suffer with asthma, I think smoking is bad for everyone. Two very close relatives died young. They were both addicted to smoking.

Smokers may feel it is their civil right to smoke, it is also my civil right to not be forced to breathe the smoke they create… it is enough of a regular issue for me to purchase an air filter for my unit just to reduce the second hand cigar smoke from a neighboring unit.

I had a neighbour who chain smoked in an adjacent unit. The smoke drifted up, when she left her window open. I was scared she would fall asleep with a lit cigarette and burn the place down.