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What are my rights? Smokers, and no working smoke alarm..

goodomens · 2011-06-18 10:09:21

Hi, I need your advice here. I have moved into a house with 3 others, they are all smokers. Smoking upstairs, and downstairs. I was not told they were smokers by the landlord. Of course they also have the smoke alarm battery taken out, this means, if there was a fire (which is likely because they all smoke) I would…

18-06-2011 10:09am

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goodomens

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Hi,

I need your advice here. I have moved into a house with 3 others, they are all smokers. Smoking upstairs, and downstairs. I was not told they were smokers by the landlord. Of course they also have the smoke alarm battery taken out, this means, if there was a fire (which is likely because they all smoke) I would probably die, because no alarm is working to wake me up.

Surely it's my right to have a working smoke alarm in the house? Also I get asthmatic when around cigarette smoke.

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#2 18-06-2011 1:30pm

grizzly

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Buy a smoke alarm and put it in your bedroom or tell the landlord you're moving out due to reasons you've outlined here.

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#3 18-06-2011 1:32pm

Keith186

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Just put a battery in.

Don't think cigarette smoke will set of a smoke alarm.

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#4 18-06-2011 1:34pm

Tehachapi

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I'd get out of there if it's a possibility, living with smokers is disgusting and will affect your health too.

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#5 18-06-2011 5:16pm

JuliusCaesar

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Keith186 wrote: »

Don't think cigarette smoke will set of a smoke alarm.

True.

Did you not smell the smoke before you moved in OP?

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