The lawyer named ways to deal with neighbors smoking in the entrance

Common areas in apartment buildings are prohibited from smoking tobacco and consuming nicotine-containing products, so neighbors are not allowed to use the entrance in such a way as to cause inconvenience to other residents. Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law of the Financial University, lawyer Marcel Kirlan told about this on Thursday, April 23.

"The argument in the spirit of "I smoke not in the apartment, but at the window on the landing" has no legal significance," he explained in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

The lawyer recommended that you first calmly explain to your neighbor that smoke is coming into apartments, disturbing children, the elderly, and allergy sufferers. It should be explained that the issue is not a personal grudge, but a rule for everyone.

"If this does not work, the next step is to write to the management company or HOA with a request to carry out preventive work, post a reminder about the smoking ban and record the complaint officially," said Kirlan.

If the neighbor continues to smoke in the entrance after that, then the violations should be recorded in photos, videotaped, as well as take certificates from other residents and issue a collective appeal.

"After that, you can contact the police, since smoking in prohibited places constitutes an administrative offense," the lawyer concluded.

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It is possible to deal with violators only by legal methods.

Sergei Kolunov, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Construction and Housing and Communal Services, a representative of the United Russia faction, recalled on April 11 that smoking on shared access balconies could result in fines ranging from 500 to 1.5 thousand rubles. He recalled that public areas where smoking is prohibited also include elevators, stairs and entrances.

Earlier, on March 27, the website kp.ru He conducted a survey, the results of which showed that 58% of respondents were dissatisfied with the unpleasant smell of tobacco smoke in entrances and stairwells.

People are unhappy not only with the smell, but also with the potential danger posed by smoking in public places. 360.ru .

On March 18, operatives of the criminal investigation department in the north-east of the capital detained two suspects in the beating of a man, the Moscow City News agency reports. While working with the victim, a 38-year-old Muscovite, the police found that three unknown men approached him on the landing and made a remark for smoking, after which they began to beat him with their hands and feet.