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En tant que non-fumeur, j'applaudis des croisières de célébrité pour présenter leur nouvelle politique de tabagisme plus restrictive. Tandis que j'étais « BIEN » avec la vieille politique, je me sens que la nouvelle politique rendra une prochaine expérience de la croisière de ma famille bien plus plaisante. La nouvelle restriction dessus dans le tabagisme de carlingue et de balcon devrait également fournir un environnement plus sûr pour tous les passagers.

Sur notre célébrité précédente conduit à vitesse normale, je « ai été BIEN » avec la vieille politique de tabagisme. La vieille politique est efficace jusqu'au 1er octobre.

Le « tabagisme est autorisé :

• On permet seulement le tabagisme de pipe et de cigare dans des secteurs spécifiquement indiqués sur les plate-formes externes du navire
• Vérifiez svp avec le bureau de relations d'invité les ces lieu de rendez-vous spécifiques
• Notez svp qui est à aucun moment tabagisme de cigare et de pipe autorisé dans les staterooms/suites ou sur leurs vérandas »

Tandis que cette politique travaillait bien pour adapter à des fumeurs, elle a causé quelques non-fumeurs d'être exposés aux niveaux apparents de la deuxième fumée de main même si ils n'étaient pas assiss directement dans les zones fumeur. Les gens qui évitent la deuxième fumée de main due aux soucis à long terme de santé ou aux réactions plus immédiates de sensibilité comme l'asthme ou les allergies pourrait jamais complètement échapper à la fumée pendant leur croisière. Les experts croient également que les présents de tabagisme de dans-pièce et de sur-balcon un risque d'incendie qui pourrait mettre les vies de tous à bord du bateau en danger. En 2006 il y avait un feu sérieux sur la princesse de tenir le premier rôle qui a eu comme conséquence la mort d'un passager pendant l'urgence due à une crise cardiaque. Le feu a blessé 11 autres personnes et détruit plus de 100 salles. Les investigateurs croient qu'une cigarette smoldering a causé le feu.

A few weeks ago, Celebrity announced a new smoking policy that it will implement on October 1st.

“Effective October 1, 2008 for all Celebrity ships, smoking will no longer be permitted inside any stateroom or on any stateroom veranda. Cigarette smoking will only be permitted in designated indoor and outdoor areas of the ship, while cigar and pipe smoking will only be permitted in designated outdoor areas. Smoking will not be permitted in any dining venue, theater, hallway, elevator or corridor. Violations to this smoking policy will result in a $250 cleaning fee being charged to the guest’s onboard account and may also be addressed through Celebrity Cruises’ Guest Conduct Policy. Cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco must be properly disposed of and never thrown overboard. A guest must be at least 18 years of age to purchase, possess or use tobacco onboard.”

The press release from Celebrity regarding the new policy provides more details.

I applaud this new policy as a step to bring fresher air and more safe environment to all passengers. Having a more restrictive smoking policy should put smokers in the frame of mind that they cannot smoke in every room of the ship. One of the problems with the old policy was that passengers often smoked in all areas of the ship, not just the designated smoking areas. Non-smoking passengers often could not find a public area of the ship that wasn’t filled with the stench of smoke. The Michaels Club on the Mercury had been designated a non-smoking area on the ship for several months prior to our Alaskan cruise. We immediately noticed the difference when we used the room for a family board game one evening.

On a previous cruise on the same ship, the room was nearly unusable by non-smokers because of the stench. During the Alaska cruise, a large group of smokers spent an afternoon in that lounge, smoking the entire time. The bar area was not open, so no ship employee was there to remind them that the lounge was non-smoking. The smoke smell never really left lounge for the remainder of the cruise. I have also heard of cases where passengers with a sensitivity to smoke entered their cabins to immediately discover that the cabin has been used by a smoker during the previous cruise. For some of these passengers, a thorough cleaning and “airing out” of the room was sufficient to remove the lingering smell. However, I have heard cases where the cleaning process never completed removed the offending irritants. Finally, I do believer that the restrictions on smoking in-room and on-balconies will provide a more safe environment. While every fire cannot be prevented, the cruise lines should implement policies, like the new restrictions, that will help in preventing incidents like the Star Princess fire.

Finally, I do have to concede that the new policy will not please everyone. We have a smoking survey running here on Cruise Talk regarding ship board smoking policies. While a majority of our readers welcome the new policy, a high level of our responders, so far 27%, said that they would not sail on a line that did not allow them to smoke in their rooms or balconies. Having lived with a smoker, my father, for 20 years or so, I know that smokers often like to smoke first thing in the morning and right before they go to bed. With the new policy, they will have to go to an area of the ship that may not be located anywhere near their room. I understand that if they have a choice, they would probably want to be able to smoke in their room or at least their balcony. We recently cruised with my husband’s Aunt who smokes. She smoked on her balcony and in the designated area of the lounges. I hate to think that we wont be able to cruise Celebrity with her again, but I think the new smoking restrictions would be too difficult with which for her to comply. I know of several people who will be going on our next cruise with us who have had friends cancel due to the new smoking policy.

We invite our readers who have not yet answered our poll to please provide us with your input. We welcome any thought and comments from both smokers and non-smokers regarding the new policy.

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