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Marriott Employee's Wife, Social Smoker, Weighs in on Ban

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Now that Marriott Hotels has decided to enforce a No Smoking policy in all of their U.S. and Canadian hotels, reaction is starting to roll into HotelChatter headquarters.

From our inbox to you, a Marriott employee's better half fills us in on her twisted hate-love relationship with smoking.

I am a social smoker and I think [the smoking ban] is a wonderful idea. Even though I smoke, it is true about the smell and how it lingers on your body and clothes and the rooms.  I hate the smell of smoke. Only when I am drinking can I handle it. But other than that, I really don't like it.

My husband works for the Marriott and he said the smokers are already taking down the smoke detectors in their rooms.  I think they should check the rooms everyday and if the detectors are not there before a person checks out, then hit them with the fine.  It takes time and money to install them and then to have them taken down. Also, it is for safety reasons to have the smoke detectors installed.  Many people fall asleep smoking. They can be extremely careless and cause a lot of havoc and mayhem. Don't forget second-hand smoke. That is a danger, as well.

So, good for the Marriott.  I hope other hotels follow in their footsteps. If a person wants to kill themselves they should bring innocent people down with them.

We think she meant "shouldn't bring innocent people down" but then again this woman seems full of tough love. If only she could apply that bit about the dangers of sleeping while smoking and secondhand smoke to herself.

What are your thoughts on Marriott's smoking ban? Do you think it is so 1996, the wrong thing to do, or the right choice for lungs everywhere---tips@hotelchatter.com.

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