Originally posted by @Ethan Cooke:@Erwin Sham - Totally legit question.

My wife and I just bought a house this Spring that had a smoker.

Personally, I can get behind it, me and my partner prefer staying at homes since we like to cook our own food and eat healthy and frankly, we tried the hotel with kitchens and most are super sketchy.

City of Chicago taxpayers also pay Cook County and other taxing Districts pension and retirement healthcare costs. 

If you have made any effort to reasonable air seal the building envelope, then you need the range hood to extract stale air and humidity as a regular air exchanger will not typically be able to adapt to accommodate cooking.Even if your house is not tight, it is still appropriate to properly vent the cook top to prevent moisture damage and grease build-up on the ceiling above.

I don't allow smoking inside, but have had smokers who use a deck or outside area.

Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominquez and Vicki Robin is a great nuts and bolts Financial Independence/Financial Integrity book.Lifonaire by Steve Cook and Shaun McCloskey is probably the best book I could recommend from a "philosophy" standpoint.  

My husband and I are closing on our first 3-flat soon - it's in IL, Cook County (a suburb, not Chicago).

Happened in Cook County, IL. 

The concept of eating what they cook is easy to understand.