Check your states tab for the latest information about Strata Smoking. New information and links are added regularly. Be sure to check back to be kept up-to-date.
- What can I do about neighbours smoking?
- Can I smoke on my balcony?
- How do I stop smoke drift?
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Feature Articles
NSW: What are the rules around smoking in strata buildings?
Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
The new NSW legislation introduced in November 2016 has recognised that smoking may cause nuisance or hazard to another person. How has this changed the rules around strata smoking apartment buildings?
QLD: Q&A Smoking and Smoke Drift During the Coronavirus Shutdown
Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
QUESTION: Our complex will not do anything about residents smoking on balconies. With the Coronavirus, smoking laws need changing urgently.
VIC: Move Your Butt
Tim Graham, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
The absence of a specific Model Rule regarding strata smoking – on common property or within lots – creates uncertainty for both occupants and owners corporations seeking to rely on the Model Rules to prevent smoke infiltration.
Most Recent Strata Smoking Articles
QLD: Smoking in Community Titles Schemes - This article aims to provide information to owners and occupiers who may be having a dispute with someone else in their scheme about second-hand tobacco smoke drifting from somewhere else in the scheme. 
Our articles and Q&As about Strata Smoking issues have been arranged by State
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National Smoking articles
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Western Australia
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