Safe Cruising!
Mr. Bill

Each time I come to this sight to read the updates on people who say some fairly ridiculous things. I figure I may as well thow in my 2 cents worth as well.

Back in the old days of cruising it used to be permitted to smoke just about anywhere on the ship. In this day and age however every cruise line has a smoking policy that limits where you can smoke. The smokers adjust to this and then people complain again which has the cruise lines again adjusting their policies.

Carnival went so far as to build a ship that they claim was constructed by non smoking workers. This ship was a real hit with the non-smoking public but the demise of the paradise was a result of the lack of ability to book large groups because in every crowd, you will find some smokers. Carnival had to abandon the attempt to continue it being a non smoking ship.

While no doubt the rights of non smokers needs to be addressed, it is only right that the smokers have some rights as well. I find it appalling that non smokers seem to feel that they are the only ones with rights. If you honestly believe that a whif of cigarette smoke from time to time on a 7 or 9 day cruise is going to infest your body with cancer, you have gone off the deep end in my opinion. If you feel there are other contaminates in the air and you avoid smoke because you think it is the worst one, I would suggest that quit going thru the drive thru at the bank, fast foods, or prescription drug store. It may be a good idea if you always stop at lights at least 25 feet behind the car in front of you. Hopefully you have already quit grilling in the summer months and you should never go to bonfires or mow your lawn.

With Celebrity being probobly the most restrictive line in regard to smoking, I also find that it is interesting that they have been plagued with mass outbreaks of disease lately.

I have been on 57 cruises and I abide by the smoking policy of the ship that I am on. I have to admit however that I am non sympathetic to the person who walks into a smoking area and then feels their rights have been violated.

For those that wish to insist that smoking be banned on the balconies, I reccomend you go on ships with that ban. A comment was made previously that since only 20.9% of the people smoke, that the cruise lines should disregard those people and only cater to the non smokers. They of course have a right to their opinion no matter how moronic I think it is. I suspect that they would lose less passengers if they catered to the non complainers about the smoking policies