It might be entering your apartment through the heating/cooling/ventilation systems.

You can try contacting the management and seeing if there is anything they are willing to do.

See if you can pin-point the source--is the smoke seeping in around an electrical outlet? Through the bathroom vent? Sometimes people can seal off the opening that lets in the smoke using caulk or an expanding foam. But I'd try the management first.

If your building isn't a No Smoking building you have no complaint.

Also you said "At least it SMELLS like cigarette smoke."

It is occasional and you are not even sure the smell is cigarettes.

camlan - at first I thought it was coming through the bathroom vent, so I closed it. However, I have still smelled it in my bedroom, so it may very well be the ventilation ducts. It's funny, because I went to the office and explained everything and they told me that my upstairs neighbor had mentioned the same thing (I think she said that it was coming from her linen closet which is also located in the bathroom). To the best of my and the office's knowledge, neither the upstairs nor the downstairs neighbor smokes, so it's kind of a mystery.

The office said they were going to have maintenance look into it to see what could be done, so at least they're willing to try to do something about it. Since the OP, I haven't smelled anything yet.

gammyt - Really? No complaint? Soooo a health issue isn't a valid complaint if it IS cigarette smoke? If it is not, then it still needs to be looked into as something may not be functioning properly.

Unless you live in a no smoking building, you have no complaint if what you are smelling is cigarette smoke.

You and your neighbor don't even know if what you are smelling is cigarette smoke. The smart thing to do would figure out what the smell is.

Either way, unless you live in a no smoking building, which you obviously dont or you would have said that. IF the smell is cigarettes (you don't know), who ever is smoking has the right to because their lease doesn't say smoking is not allowed.

I, myself, DO live in a smoke free building. I have lived here over a year, and started smelling cigarettes when entering bathroom and now when I go to bed. I have copd and will not tolerate smoke affecting my two emotional support animals, as well as myself. I if I go to neighbor, he could just. I could go to landlord, but I am not 100% its c.s, maybe I am imaging it? They are smokers , yet i rarely seem them smoking outside.

If i do tell landlord i dont want my neighbor to know as he has a lot of undesirable traffic and i wonder about retaliation...is there a way to be certain what i am smelling is c.s?

Hi Kelly, im going through it in my appartment and the management are playing domb. i have bad asthma i gave a doctors letter. :/ can you help me find help for cicarette smoke in my unit? im desprate:/

I am going insane i have been smelling cigarette smoke in my bedroom for months i don’t know where it is coming from manager has looked around and can’t find any reason for it would an air quality inspector be able to help?