They feel that they should be able to make their own choice to smoke or not because it is their own living space. This is not correct, however, because although it may be their own room, it affects so many other people. Smoking should not be allowed at all in dorm buildings. In some dorms, the air circulates and everyone breathes the smoke, even if there is smoke in just one room. Smoke cannot be confined to a smoker s specific room.
Many smokers leave their door open either while they smoke, or after, to air out their room.
This spreads the disgusting smoke throughout the hallway. The people living next door or across the hall then have to put up with the unpleasant effects as well. This shows how much even a person who is just walking by can be distressed by a single smoker. Countless times I have gone downstairs on my way to the laundry room and opened the hallway door to a mouthful of smoke. I actually started walking down the long way to the basement to avoid this discomfort.