Check your lease, odds are your neighbor probably signed a contract with the same language as yours (standard clauses tend not to change much). I have several rental houses that I manage. One standard clause in my lease is that tenant will "...agree to comply with all present and future laws, ordinances and regulations of any public authority relating to use of the Premises. Tenant shall not make or permit any noisy or offensive use of the Premises, or allow any nuisance or use which might interfere with the enjoyment of neighbors. Tenant will not permit any hazardous act or use of the Premises which might increase the rate of insurance thereon...Tenant will not make or permit any waste on the Premises..." With that said, you do have rights, and the long term resident does not have more rights than the new one. In the sample clause I wrote above, your neighbor is in violation in multiple ways: she's probably violating local fire ordinance by dropping a lit cigarrette off her balcony and creating a potential fire hazard. (Building owner does not want this risk, better to nip her bad habits than risk a fire that destroys property and potentially takes human life.) She's interfering with your enjoyment of the premises. She's using the exterior of the building as a dumping ground, essentially. Health issues that arise from structural issues or neighbors is not something a landlord wants to contend with. This woman needs to extuingish her butts in an enclosed container (they make mini butt retainers much like the larger ones you see outside public buildings. She can pick one up for under $5 at Ace.) I'd encourage you to approach your landlord and use the same tone you have here. You don't come off as a whiner or someone screeching for their rights. You sound like a civil, level-headed person who just wants to come to a reasonable compromise and be comfortable in your own home. Mention not only the health aspect of it, but make sure to convey to the landlord that his/her property is at potential risk (e.g. "sometimes those cigarettes are still burning when she tosses them down, and when they land on my porch or other part of the building, it makes me anxious that it might be a fire hazard...". That should get the landlord's attention ;) You do not need to suffer in silence!

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I don't really you will get much actual smoke...but you will get the stink! I would get an ozone air cleaner....maybe get 2 of them!! and keep them running constantly....day and night. Nothing like going to a space that has been smoked in and been closed up for the night! Blech! Linda C

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