Smoking

[jetsguy]

I know this is toolish but I have an issue with it. In NYC you cannot smoke in buildings and you are technically supposed to go away from the entrance by a specified distance. I think it is 20 feet. However, no one follows the law and everytime I need to leave work I have to walk through a cloud of smoke. Besides all of the harm from secondhand smoke, it is just gross to have to smell.

Since I am a law guy, I looked into some legislation and the regulations for office buildings. The building management is supposed to strictly enforce any smoking violations. They obviously do not.

I sound like a huge nit but I work in different areas of health law and read articles about the effects of smoking (and secondhand smoke) daily. Why do I have to suffer so that people can cause harm to themselves? Do I have any recourse?


Cliff Notes: Smokers outside my building piss me off. What can I do?

Feel free to make fun of me as well.