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- What can I do about neighbours smoking?
- Can I smoke on my balcony?
- How do I stop smoke drift from entering my apartment?
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Feature Articles
NSW: How to Stop Cigarette Smoke From Entering Your Apartment
Karen Stiles, OCN and Brenton Pittman, Applicant in the Pittman v Newport [2022] NSWCATCD 173 case
QLD: Why is now a really good time to introduce a ‘No Smoking’ bylaw
Chris Irons, Strata Solve + Will Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
QLD: Q&A Smoking and Smoke Drift in Strata
This article contains Q&As that are all about smoking in strata in Queensland. Can you have a no smoking bylaw? Can you ban a resident from smoking on their balcony or in common areas?….and many more QLD smoking questions and answers.
VIC: Move Your Butt
Tim Graham, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
The absence of a specific Model Rule regarding strata smoking – on common property or within lots – creates uncertainty for both occupants and owners corporations seeking to rely on the Model Rules to prevent smoke infiltration.
WA: Q&A Can we stop neighbour from smoking on the apartment balcony?
ESM Strata Team
Question: I can’t have my doors or windows open because of my neighbour who smokes. What are my rights?
Most Recent Strata Smoking Articles
NSW: Can you Ban Smoking without a By-law? - A by-law prohibiting or restricting smoking gives the owners corporation the right to take steps through NCAT to prevent residents smoking and makes it easier for the owners corporation to put an end to smoking in its building. 
NSW: Smoking in Strata Schemes – Continued Good News for Non-Smokers - In more good news for non-smokers, NCAT recently made orders preventing lot owners from smoking on the balcony of their lot or anywhere within their lot that would cause smoke, fumes or odour from the tobacco to drift into another lot.
Our articles and Q&As about Strata Smoking issues have been arranged by State
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National Smoking articles
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New South Wales
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Queensland
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Victoria
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South Australia
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Australian Capital Territory
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Western Australia
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