Monday, September 12, 2011

New Smoking Laws Help a Californian Landlord

E cigarettes seemed to have saved a landlord’s day. Ted Sherman was under a lot of stress as he was in the midst of an ongoing feud amongst two tenants, one of whom smoked Leana cigarettes while the other, a non-smoker, resisted his moves. They both apparently lived in the same apartment complex. Nonetheless, a new California law has finally come to the aid of the landlord and has helped him resolve this long pending dispute amicably. The dispute started when in the multilevel housing complex, one couple was habitual of smoking cigarettes daily while the other, who lived directly above the smoking individual’s apartment, was a non smoker and had a child. Tobacco smoke has the ability to penetrate the walls of the apartment, which in turn irritated the tenants staying right above the smoking individual. Apparently, the toxic gasses as well as the smells emitted by the smoke irritated the tenant’s baby as well.
In the past, there was no law that could permit the landlord to stop the tenant from smoking a cigarette. Nonetheless in a recent development, Governor Jerry Brown passed a bill which permitted landlords to stop tenants from smoking within the building premises, if the landlord felt it was necessary to do so. This probably helped in leading to a resolution amongst the warring tenants. Nonetheless, a better way to have resolved the issue could have been the smoking individual opting for smoke free cigarettes. Also known as electric cigarettes, these devices do not emit smoke and are legally permitted to be smoked just about anyplace. Not only do electronic cigarettes avoid the use of tobacco in their devices, they also permit the concerned smoker to choose the nicotine levels in the e cigs. This is what makes e cigs a suitable alternative to smoking tobacco.

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