At the last Board meeting, one of the Lanikea Owners brought up an issue of exposure of her family, including kids, to a second-hand smoke. It is a matter of scientific consensus, that the exposure to a second-hand smoke, also known as passive smoking, causes disease, disability, and death: http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/TobaccoCancer/secondhand-smokeThe freedom of smokers to smoke is fine with me (I used to smoke). However, it is not fine when it harms others, as it inevitably does in a close community living environment, such as an apartment / condo building. I too have been exposed to a second-hand smoke in our Lanikea unit and certainly don't enjoy it.
The question is: can Lanikea be made a smoke-free building? The answer is: yes, it can if enough Lanikea Owners vote to make it so. Lanikea could be a premiere smoke-free building in Waikiki. What do you think?
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I do not enjoy the smell of the smoke coming in my door from people smoking on their lanais. we do not allow our smoking guest to smoke on our lanai. they must leave the property. I am a former 3 pack per day smoker that gets head aches from smoke now. often times requires prescription medication.
Thank you for your input Vicky.
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