It was only a matter of time, but now in Seattle, there are three places where it is going to be illegal to smoke in your own apartment.

King County Housing Authority to start smoking ban

Jackie Brooks has smoked for a half-century and figures she consumes a pack a day inside her Auburn apartment.

The 74-year-old doesn’t want to quit and says she has a right to smoke in her own home.

Not anymore. The King County Housing Authority is banning smoking in all units at Plaza 17, the 70-unit apartment complex where Brooks has lived for 14 years.

In addition to the Plaza 17 in Auburn, the authority banned smoking at its 70-unit Northridge 1 in Shoreline and its 82-unit Nia Apartments at Greenbridge project under construction in White Center. The ban starts next month.

Nice.  Let’s ban smoking in homes.   I don’t smoke, I quit in 91, so I would never be affected.  But people should have a right to privacy in their own homes.

My exit question remains the same:  If smoking is so bad, then why not ban cigarettes.

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