[Hodar]

Thank you for the clarification. It's great to hear an INFORMED opinion, as you have been on cruises.

Again, personally I don't care if you smoke (and that includes tobacco, hashish, marijuana, old tires and chicken salad); I just don't want to smell it. What you do to your body, is your business.

I have no problem with a cruise ship, as long as I can enjoy myself alongside other passengers like yourself. I'm sure you have gone into a hotel room after a smoker has checked out, and have noticed the reek of stale smoke. I don't believe anyone enjoys that. And I also think that non-smokers are more affected by that, as they are not conditioned to the odor as a smoker would be. A smoker is surrounded by the smell of stale smoke (hair, clothing, car, ect.) and unless the reek is bad enough, probably doesn't notice.

So, like the smell of mildew, body odor and other unpleasant smells; no one wants to be subjected to obnoxious smells 24 hrs a day. As long as I'm blissfully unaware of the smell, I have no problems whatsoever.

[Wright is right!]

"I have no problem with a cruise ship, as long as I can enjoy myself alongside other passengers like yourself."

Let me put it this way - if you were to step aboard any modern cruise ship and spend your entire first day aboard with your eyes closed (so as not to actually observe someone smoking), it is entirely possible that you would think you were on a non-smoking ship. As long as you stayed out of the casino. That's how good the ventilation and the cruise lines' planning is.

I smoke, my wife doesn't, so when we cruise we generally get a balcony cabin and I smoke out there, keeping the air in the cabin clean and sweet-smelling. Works out perfectly.

Smokers and non-smokers alike seem to like the way the cruise lines have set things up, and you almost NEVER seen any complaints about the situation either way.

For the traveler, cruising is one of the best values there is.

Michael

[BriarBey]

have noticed the reek of stale smoke


OMG!! How horrendous!!! Stale smoke...stop the presses...life has become intolerable. What do you do run like he** after you fart?