Progress? I'm not sure that's the right word. But I mostly agree with you. Smoking should be limited to areas off the beaten track such as the hotel bar and outdoors. It shouldn't be an irritant to those trying to focus on content. As a smoker, it's never really bothered me to have to go outside to smoke....except in bars ;-)

>>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