Smoke on the water? Rules aren't what they used to be. - Page 5 - Cruise Line Fans: Cruise Reviews and Chat From Real Cruisers

sk8erguy1978 · 09-02-2008, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by maximus92

Then I think to myself, even alcoholics can go 8 hours, and consuming alcohol is a constitutional right.

I do not smoke at work... Helps me keep to a few a day and when it is the next time to attempt to stop again, that much easier.

You are right, I am going to start something new - Beer breaks...!

Actually I see the same thing at work with the smokers and it pisses me off. Why do they get a 5-10 minute break every hour sometimes more... NOT COOL! They stink up the entrance cause they stand right there, miss the "butt can" out front, just unprofessional IMO.

TristenEugene · 09-04-2008, 06:23 AM

'Stink up the entrance'. HA! HA! Made me remember something. When all the smoking restrictive laws came into effect that made government offices non-smoking, all the smokers would stand RIGHT outside the door and smoke. All the smoke would,, a lot of it, would drift right into the building. In any case thoses coming in and out of the building would have to walk right through a concentrated cloud. Funny how people cannot figure things out like this and in turn have to be told what to do in the form of rules and regulations. Shortly thereafter ANOTHER stipulation to the law was added stating a certain distance from the entrance was also non-smoking.

TristenEugene · 09-04-2008, 06:29 AM

Someone in this thread included excerpted info from cunards smoking rules. The Cunard folks are so courteous to explain how for the comfort of other....'. RIGHT!!! 3 chairs are non smoking at the bar, this line indicates, demarks, the smoking area. CRAP! Just like the 'non-smoking section in a restaurant.

TristenEugene · 09-04-2008, 06:41 AM

Sk8ter, you said something about how when you are concentration on not smoking, the smell becomes even irritating to you. This brings up an interesting item. Some of the WORST 'Anti-smokers' are those that were previous smokers.
also, about the smoke breaks and such. Smokers have been treated for so long as a some kind of super priviledged sort, they have been allowed to have smoke breaks granted as a kind of medical neccessity (As is throwing butts on the ground is not considered littering). This has gone on for so many years that it is shocking to folks to learn that smoking restrictive rules are being imposed upon,, smoking habits.

Just a side note of sorts. I was at a crosswalk waiting with others to cross. A man next to me threw his butt on the ground. I immediately took a candy wrapper that I had in my pocket and in his view tossed it deliberatly it on the ground. I saw him out of the corner of my eye react by looking at the wrapper on the ground and then stairing at me for a moment. He then muttered something to someone next to him.

cruisin' chick · 09-05-2008, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by TristenEugene

'Stink up the entrance'. HA! HA! Made me remember something. When all the smoking restrictive laws came into effect that made government offices non-smoking, all the smokers would stand RIGHT outside the door and smoke. All the smoke would,, a lot of it, would drift right into the building. In any case thoses coming in and out of the building would have to walk right through a concentrated cloud. Funny how people cannot figure things out like this and in turn have to be told what to do in the form of rules and regulations. Shortly thereafter ANOTHER stipulation to the law was added stating a certain distance from the entrance was also non-smoking.

There's a sign outside the building where my dentist has his office that says that there is no smoking allowed within a specific number of feet from this door. A pet peeve of mine is when smokers go outside a building to smoke, right by the door. So when someone is going in or out of the door, they are exposed to the smoke. And sometimes, the smoke finds its way into the building (there's a mall here in the Valley that has an entrance by the food court...if you don't like the smell of the smoke, you won't want to sit near that door).

TristenEugene · 09-08-2008, 10:22 AM

It is difficult to fathom that people have to be forced, with legislation, to behave and not have their selfish ways.

ziggysun · 09-12-2008, 08:10 PM

I am a smoker and just came back from a cruise onboard Explorer of the Seas. Their smoking policy is no smoking in staterooms or indoor areas, except for some of the bars and the casino. You are allowed to smoke out on your balcony and in some areas of the outside decks, Starboard side only.

We mostly smoked out on our balcony, but we did pay for a balcony for that purpose in addition to being able to see the sea anytime of day or night.

The port side of the ship had no smoking on the outdoor decks and there were plenty of places to sit there, but on the smoking side, Starboard side, you could never find a seat. That kind of tells me that our particular cruise had more people that smoked vs. non-smokers. If they would ban smoking I don't think any of those passengers would have boarded the ship.

I don't see the problem with one half of the ship having smoking sections outdoors and the other side not? If you know there might be smoking on the Starboard outdoor area, then why not just stay on the Port side away from the smokers on that deck?

One other thing to consider. They do sell cigarettes in their shops onboard, if they were to ban smoking all together on their ships, they would not make any money on those sales. I'm sure they make money on them as cigarettes and liquor fly off the shelves of those stores on the final day of any cruise

TristenEugene · 09-24-2008, 11:44 AM

This is a good example of why people need to be led and have their actions legislated.

Hey! If it isn't illegal, do it!