Dear LFTP: the townhouse neighbor's cigarette smoke

• What can we say or do so we can enjoy our decks and open windows despite our neighbor's cigarette smoke?

A listener in a four-townhome development with a relaxed HOA writes that a new neighbor smokes outside at all hours, ruining the others' decks and open windows. The hosts push back on the low complaint threshold — you bought close quarters — then read the Secular answer: with no manager and a tiny HOA this is a long-term relationship, so raise it neighborly alongside other matters; the real solution may be as simple as her walking a few steps farther.