7. The Montreal Solution
Date: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:57 am ((PST))At the Casino du Montreal, a very busy place, smoking on the casino
floor is prohibited. It wasn't always this way. It used to be that
smoking was allowed everywhere, and it could be really bad sometimes.
Forgive me...but those Frenchies can really smoke ...Anyway, a few
years ago they installed glass enclosed smoking lounges on each floor.
These are fairly good-sized, with couches and comfy chairs, a coffee
bar and magazines. Really quite nice. Each is seperately ventilated to
get the smoke out of the building. So, the smokers go in there, enjoy
their cigarettes(cigars are not allowed at Casino du Montreal)and the
clean air in the casino is a real pleasure.This is a sensible solution which should be implimented here in Las
Vegas. It keeps the smoker's in the building, so the casino doesn't
lose business, and everyone gets to breathe clean air. Another point,
smoking is dirty...and the casinos have to spend a lot of money to
clean up after the smokers. This expense could be mitigated to a large
extent. The Casino du Montreal is very clean.
This is the "solution" used by some airports. To a non-smoker like myself, I am still very well aware of the smell of smoke in the vicinity of these rooms, which are perhaps not as well ventilated as at the Casino du Montreal -- but it's still a big improvement over having a smoker right next to me. I remember the days of "smoking rows" on the airplane, and what it was like for a non-smoker to be seated in the adjacent "non-smoking" row, with no barriers in between. But I also remember when it was OK to drink and drive (yes, there was a time when it wasn't a big deal).
--BG
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