From: "Steve Ewing" 

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:43:31 -0500, Tony Williams  wrote:

>  I'm in favour of licensed smoking rooms. Any establishment could apply
> and the room would have to meet certain criteria: closed door; extractor
> fan to the outside to maintain negative air pressure; no service inside
> the smoke room.

I have no objection to that.  My experience with the Navy's policy is that
it is tantamount to harrassment.  In port (on a submarine) you could only
smoke on the pier, way down by the rudder.  Underway, only in the engine
room on the lower level as far back as you could go (these are all
regulated by the command, but were pretty standard).  The result was that
prior to a six-hour watch, a smoker would go aft after his meal and stoke
up on nicotine: being followed by a smoker, I was always relieved late.

On shore, a little better: the Sub Base (still here after BRAC!) has
gazebos outside the buildings where at least you're sheltered from the
weather.  For Sub School students, one central structure, like a bus stop
with plexiglass walls, serves as a smoker's station: you don't even have to
light up: the place is hazy with second-hand smoke.

I don't smoke myself, never have, despite my parents' both smoking (I guess
I never had enough friends to succumb to peer pressure), but I totally
understand yours and Geo.'s position on the subject.

--
Steve 
http://www.qmss.com/~sewing

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