They claim to not smoke indoors but even if they don't, the smell still gets inside and permeates things.

On my current project, I had to use TSP to clean the walls and then a Kilz oil based primer prior to putting on the paint because the place reeked of cigarette smoke and the walls were sticky with nicotine or tar or something related.As I said, the paint went on nice and thick and only needed one coat(over the primer) and that was on a bright lime green wall and an orange wall.You can usually get a slightly better deal if you buy paint in 5 gallon containers if you need to buy that much.  

Yes just for primer to remediate the nicotine on the walls and ceiling and ceiling tiles, had to paint all of them in the two rooms. 

Do you think she will stop complaining when you have to apply "smelly" stain blockers to seal in HER nicotine?

I realized that the tenants are heavy marijuana smokers and have permeated the smell to my other unit.

All day the gut retching smell permeated everywhere.

Another problem is the urine smell permeating every porous material that it has come I contact with.

Is this a property you manage, or are you a tenant that has moved out..Normal wear and tear is not something you can charge for. excessive soil on walls like nicotine smoke a landlord can charge for to restore the wall surfaces, or excessive nail holes from picture hanging or such.

Unfortunately, politics permeates everything we do, and would stay away from any of the riot cities for the time being.

The smell permeates into the common space and even into our unit.