As a state with a population of smokers and non-smokers, Idaho has the immense responsibility to provide designated areas or rooms for the smoking of tobacco, nicotine and E cigarettes in order to increase the comfort of everyone along with creating cleaner air inside public establishments and reducing SHS.
What is a designated smoking area or room?
A designated smoking area or room is a separate, closed off room inside public places allowing smokers to convinently and comfortably smoke inside. These are commonly found in places such as airports and sometimes bars or hotels, however, in Idaho, there is typically not a smoking area.
Why should designated smoking rooms be placed in Idaho establishments?
Smoking is a popular American activity and addiction. Though some complain of the polluted air caused by cigarettes, because smoking of nicotine, tobacco, and E cigarettes are legal in Idaho (and the United States), stopping the public from smoking completely is near to impossible. It isn't uncommon to witness people smoking illegally indoors, especially in airports and shopping malls given the inconvience of going outside, which is usually the only permitted place to smoke. Therefore, prohibiting smoking in he public place is often ineffective, counteracting the law and polluting the inside air with SHS, which causes need expensive medical care, which according to Cancer.org, “In the United States, the cost of extra medical care, illness, and death caused by SHS are over $10 billion per year (Cancer.org). This is without also taking into consideration the laws regarding E-Cigs.E-Cigs are electronic cigarettes, said to be healthier than actual cigarettes. While noticably healthier than the alternative, E-Cigs still give off small amounts of SHS, but the biggest difference is E-Cigs are permitted to be smoked indoors. When adding up the contributing factors, the most effective way to eliminate the most amount of SHS possible is to permit and install smoking rooms and/or lounges indoors to allow smokers to legally and conveniently and comfortably smoke indoors while not polluting the air.
What is a designated smoking area or room?
A designated smoking area or room is a separate, closed off room inside public places allowing smokers to convinently and comfortably smoke inside. These are commonly found in places such as airports and sometimes bars or hotels, however, in Idaho, there is typically not a smoking area.
Why should designated smoking rooms be placed in Idaho establishments?
Smoking is a popular American activity and addiction. Though some complain of the polluted air caused by cigarettes, because smoking of nicotine, tobacco, and E cigarettes are legal in Idaho (and the United States), stopping the public from smoking completely is near to impossible. It isn't uncommon to witness people smoking illegally indoors, especially in airports and shopping malls given the inconvience of going outside, which is usually the only permitted place to smoke. Therefore, prohibiting smoking in he public place is often ineffective, counteracting the law and polluting the inside air with SHS, which causes need expensive medical care, which according to Cancer.org, “In the United States, the cost of extra medical care, illness, and death caused by SHS are over $10 billion per year (Cancer.org). This is without also taking into consideration the laws regarding E-Cigs.E-Cigs are electronic cigarettes, said to be healthier than actual cigarettes. While noticably healthier than the alternative, E-Cigs still give off small amounts of SHS, but the biggest difference is E-Cigs are permitted to be smoked indoors. When adding up the contributing factors, the most effective way to eliminate the most amount of SHS possible is to permit and install smoking rooms and/or lounges indoors to allow smokers to legally and conveniently and comfortably smoke indoors while not polluting the air.
Airport Smoking lounge to allow customers to smoke conveniently. Smokers are not permitted to smoke outside of the smoking lounge while inside the premisses. This decreases the amount of secondhand smoke by giving customers an alternative to smoking illegaly inside the building, an act not uncommon to public establishments.