I'm Anti Smoking..

I lived in a smoke free building once, I loved it. Especially after spending two years living over an East Village nightclub. When I was condo hunting in Manhattan I was surprised at how bad some places smelled, the real estate agent admitted condos occupied by smokers were a tougher sell. Of course, making something retroactive is not really fair.

I could even go along with requiring smokers to create a smoking area in their homes with an ionizer or air cleaner of some sort.... but don't tell me what I can do in my own home...screw you (not you personally GW)

They should just make tobacco illegal... ban it... make smokers turn all theirs in... and register as felons....

and send the tobacco to those chinee and ayrabs....

I think tobacco smoking eventually will go the way of 18th century snuff. It will just become so unfashionable and socially unacceptable that people won't do it. I could be wrong, but I give it two generations until it's just a footnote in history.

The Chinese government just ran the numbers and realized it doesn't pay. Even though cigarettes are government controlled, it costs more in health care costs than the product brings in. If anyone is going to make it illegal it's going to be the Chinese.

now that's pretty damn bright...even if it s those heathen communist bastards....

i think that idea has legs...

Absinthe is making a comeback...

True, but it only ruins your brain and it doesn't make your house stinky.

Unless you puke...

I had to give them some thought.

I came to the opinion that, since they are grandfathering in current smokers, I think this is quite fair.

The idea of requiring a smoker to have a smoking area within their home is, in my mind, more of an invasion of privacy. That would be like telling me I could only read in one area, or fall asleep only in bed.

They talk about the soft market....for many people, having the opportunity to buy a smoke free condo in a smoke free building would be a real bonus, not a negative at all. All other amenities being equal, I would personally pick the smoke free building. In fact, I'd chose it because of that reason even if it were, oh.....let's say up to $10K more. Depending on if it had other fabulous features, maybe even more.

It depends on how it's marketed....it's exclusive, higher value.

where is this place again, and how many units are available?