Great Question!
He must be one of those people who are incapable of making their own decisions, and by this incapacity, according to his beliefs... HE IS putting his child at risk.
Hey, maybe his child can sue him for not moving him out of the perceived 'harms way'...
What he is also admiting here is that the City Council also has the ability to mandate all apartment complexes must permit smoking, since he is accepting the idea the council can ban it..................