What does "no smoking" mean???

[Willow3]

So, I'm left wondering... when I listed my property and check "no smoking" - that meant to me, that there was to be no smoking, inside or out.  But as I read the forums, many interpret it to mean no smoking indoors only.  

I just had a guest chain smoke on the patio - and I feel he didn't follow the house rules.  But maybe I'm alone in this thinking?

[Tiffany726]

I'm just confused like people can't even smoke like OUT outside? Like on the grass or in front of the house? I don't smoke I vape but so does a quarter of the population, and it doesn't leave a smell or residue... just seems a tad overbearing to me

[Jordan859]

It leaves microscopic residue that is considered third hand smoke that builds up over time and can last on surfaces for years that have been cleaned. This residue can transfer from clothes to surfaces. So unless you smoke 33 feet away from a building and use a chemical shower and burn your clothes before entering a property then you are transferring cancer causing chemicals that build up over time and have a greater risk of causing cancer through touch and polluting a space than the actual act of smoking. The chemical reaction that occurs is highly carcinogenic and gets worse over time where a space could become highly toxic and be odorless. Odorless but deadly. 100x more deadly to a child as well. So yes it is someone's right to deny their space from becoming a toxic waste dump.

[Klavs0]

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[Shakia5]

That’s bs. If that was true, we would have a lot more chemicals that we bring into our house every day this from just going outside. So with your logic, we all need to burn our clothes every day to be purified in the house…  Either you’re not cleaning properly with that $200 automatic cleaning fee that is associated with most AIR BNB’s or, you have people actually smoking inside of your property. I have worked with serval cleaning companies it’s not magically transferred on everything unless you’re chain smoking in the property. If you have people that are courteous, they SHOULD wash THEIR hands after they’re done smoking therefore, when you are cleaning the property, you should be disinfected common touched areas along with countertops! I think it’s also great when renters put that they don’t want smokers so that people can understand that they are going to possibly be hassled and micromanaged regardless of the fact that they are spending hundreds of dollars. So then after they get that notice they can choose to have a peaceful smokers  stay elsewhere. ✨

[Cassandra384]

when booking a property, I always check for details. According to Airbnb guidelines, the no-smoking option only applies to the inside of the property unless otherwise stated by the host.

[Tonia687]

"No Smoking" to me means no smoking inside the property. 

However, I can see how you wouldn't necessarily want someone smoking near windows or leaving cigarette butts laying around, so it should be your right to clarify that it is no smoking on the entire property, but you might want to add extra wording to the rules so people understand that.

[Olivia1000]

I am at an air bnb right now. There is a no smoking policy. I interpreted it as no smoking in or out side. They said the neighbors do not like it. So I someone who smokes I  go away from the property and smoke as I walk down the main road. Which is four houses away from the one I’m at. I believe if you smoke go for a walk and don’t light up till you are away from the property. 

[Misty151]

People are dumb now a days, so you literally have to put everywhere you do not want smoking- even then, they will. Charge the hell out of them when they do. Like make them put a deposit down wh3n they ask to rent