[Hodar]

Yep, fill the ship any way you can.

Money is money, it doesn't matter if it comes from a smoker or a non-smoker. Ships need money to stay afloat (ugh, bad pun). And in an economic downturn, you make whatever concessions you have to, just to survive.

As for myself ... If/when my wife and I go on a cruise; We'll book one on a non-smoking ship. The only thing worse than a born again christian is an ex-smoker. I quit 15 yrs ago, and still think they stink to high heavens. Why would I want to pay money to be stuck aboard a place that reeks, when I can book an odor free ship for the same money?

[Great Dane]

when I can book an odor free ship for the same money?

But thats the thing, I don't think you can anymore, all the other lines gave the non-smoking idea up years ago.

[metesky]

I quit 15 yrs ago

Did your income skyrocket once you quit?

Did you leave the lower classes behind?

[DefCon]

"...The only thing worse than a born again christian is an ex-smoker.
I quit 15 yrs ago ..."
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nuff said.

[hopespringseternal]

And in an economic downturn, you make whatever concessions you have to, just to survive.

Cruise lines make a lot of their money in booze and gambling. People who go big for booze and gambling often smoke.