I live in an apartment building in the New Jersey, USA area. A neighbor living a floor above me smokes cigarettes all day on his balcony. The smoke consistently travels down and into my windows, filling my apartment with smoke. On days when the wind is blowing a certain direction, even closing the windows doesn't help. I'm getting constant headaches now because of the smoke, and I'm afraid I may get lung cancer at this rate. I tried talking to the neighbor nicely - he now refuses to talk to me at all. The apartment building's management is siding with the smoking neighbor. The neighbor is indirectly degrading my health every day and everyone I talk to thinks this is okay.

Are there any options at all available for me regarding this, legal or otherwise? If anyone knows a better place I can ask this, please let me know as well. I'm desperate and afraid for my health. Thanks for any help.

I live in an apartment building in the State of New Jersey, USA area. A neighbor living a floor above me smokes cigarettes all day on his balcony. The smoke consistently travels down and through my windows, filling my apartment with smoke. Sometimes when the wind is blowing in a certain direction, even closed windows can't block the smoke from flowing into my unit. I'm getting constant headaches, and I'm afraid of getting lung cancer at this rate. I tried to talk to the neighbor nicely, but he now even refuses to talk to me at all. The apartment building's management is siding with the smoking neighbor. The neighbor is indirectly degrading my health every day and everyone I talked to thinks this is okay.

Are there any options available at all for me regarding this, legal or otherwise? If anyone knows a better place I can ask this, please let me know as well. I'm desperate and afraid for my health. Thanks for any help.