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Yeah, it looks as if this will have to be the case--or at least the
local municipal magistrate's record, to see if he was every called upon
to adjudicate issues regarding second-hand smoke. What I don't
understand is the *legal* basis for all the "no-smoking" apartment
advertisements you see now-a-days in the classified sections of
newspapers.

Thats actually the simplest part. A lease *is* a legally binding
contract between two parties. As long as the contract is mutually agreed
upon and properly executed it is enforcable.

And the ads show the beauty of a free market at work. Clearly there are
people who want to live in a smoke free environment or the landlords
would not be able to include the no-smoking prohibition.

Maybe more on topic as far as this newsgroup is concerned, I should ask
how much in general (and I do mean "in general") replacement of ONLY
the "stucco" ceiling of a three-room apartment would probably run. On
sites such as MrLandlord.com, there are suggestions about ridding smoke
from walls--such as, of course, scrubbing them, and ripping out carpet.
But this stucco crap on the ceiling would have to be entirely torn
down.

That would be totally dependent on what the material is and what the
condition of the underlying surface is. If you are going to hire someone
to do it the simplest approach would be to get some estimates.