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I am not sure what they are called but many hotels (especially in Japan) have these little machines that hooks into an electrical outlet and its supposed to filter the air out. We asked for connecting rooms at the Ginza Mercure and they only had smoking rooms - but promised us they would filter the room the night before our arival - sure enough the hallways smelled really smoky but as soon as we were in our rooms it was like a smoke-free oasis. I am VERY sensitive to cigarette smoke and I honestly couldn't smell anything. You could try googling this machine or looking on ebay?

We have previously moved out of an upstairs apartment TWICE before because the downstairs tenants were smokers. In the first instance the apartment managers adopted a "like it or lump it" approach, and the second place the management team fully supported us - but after the third or so phone call from us complaining about the neighbours smoking they got frustrated at us - unfortunately smoking is an addiction and when your neighbour feels the urge to light up they're going to smoke regardless of any by-laws, neighbour complaints etc. I really empathise with your situation...