[170808] Smoking in Apartment Buildings 아파트 내 흡연

Talk about smoking in apartment buildings.

In Korea, there are no official rules yet on smoking in residential buildings.

Thanks to stronger anti-smoking laws, ordinary commercial buildings are smoke-free facilities.

Smoking must be done in designated places.

If anyone breaks this rule, both the smoker and the owner of the property must pay a fine.

However, apartments are personal living space, so these laws do not apply.

As a result, there are many complaints due to cigarette smoke.

Smokers and non-smokers often argue with each other.

There are even inconsiderate smokers who throw cigarette butts out the window, posing a fire hazard.

Smokers might argue that they are smoking freely in their own homes, so it's not a problem.

-> cigarette butts 담배꽁초, pose a fire hazard 화재 위험을 야기하다.

However, non-smokers get the short end of the stick.

-> get the short end of the stick 손해를 보다.

They have to smell smoke from other people's cigarettes.

A fundamental solution is needed to satisfy both smokers and non-smokers.