Court Can Issue Injunction Against Unhealthy Smoking By Neighbor

Question: We live in a mobile home park in East Mesa. Our next-door neighbors were nice winter neighbors. For health and age issues, however, they will no longer be coming back. Their son and two of his friends now occupy our neighbors’ mobile home. The three of them sit outside almost every night smoking cigarettes and whatever. The smoke is everywhere, even in our bedroom air conditioning unit. Our property manager says that they cannot stop anyone from smoking outside. Is there anything that we can do?

Answer: There are sophisticated machines that can calibrate cigarette smoke levels, similar to sophisticated machines that can calibrate noises from loud parties. If the cigarette smoke levels in and around your mobile home can be shown to be unhealthy, a Court can issue an injunction to prohibit or minimize the cigarette smoking.