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I'm currently dealing with this problem from the other side and am not sure how to deal with it appropriately. Generally, I don't care if people smoke and am very reticent to complain about someone smoking on their own property. However, I think it's inappropriate to compare cigarette smoke to a dog barking or someone cooking a curry. It really is an offensive smell and an irritant that has a detrimental impact upon health. I live in a series of terraced houses (townhouses) in the UK. My new next door neighbour smokes in his back yard (both of the nicotine and marijuana variety). I recognise that he's on his property but these are very small spaces and he's only a few feet from my bedroom window. I can smell the cigarettes just walking up the stairs towards my bedroom. And the bedroom reeks of cigarettes when my husband and I go to bed at night. It's unpleasant and, more so, it's irritating my husbands asthma.

I get that smoking is your right and all, but it's not just your neighbours being fussy if they complain. It's a health hazard and an physical irritant. Not really comparable to a dog barking or food smells.

I find it weird that smokers don't like to just smoke in their own house. If you don't like your house smelling like smoke than maybe you should stop smoking...