The space in which smokers can light up could be further restricted, with Queenslanders asked to give their feedback on smoking in apartment blocks.

A government-commissioned QUT review of property law has found "smoke drift" can settle in adjoining flats or townhouses, forcing non-smokers to lock themselves in to avoid it.

Director of QUT's commercial and property law centre Bill Duncan told 612 ABC it's not easy to prove smoking is a nuisance, or to stop it altogether.

"At the moment it's very difficult for bodies corporate to do this without a bylaw, and it's questionable whether such a bylaw at the moment might be unreasonable or repressive," Professor Duncan said.