It's possible (the one guy theory). As a smoker (who has been trying to quit for years) I dislike walking through cigarette smoke myself. I'm just surprised that these smoking areas were in locations that all people had to pass through instead of segregated or outside in covered areas (which is what I see typically).


>>This is surprising. I haven't seen ANY hotels that still allow smoking at all and very seldom even in the bars anymore! (Except for outside the building and in private, smoking, hotel rooms--is that what you were referring to?)
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>I've seen it in the south, but it's pretty unusual up north. I mentioned it to the desk clerks when I was checking out (and turning in my evaluation) and they said they'd really like the policy changed, too. Wonder if it's a case of one guy (say, the General Manager of the hotel) who's a smoker standing in the way of progress.
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>Tamar