Fred. Olsen Cruises will have smoke-free indoor environments on all of its five ships beginning early in 2009. According to a recent news article, smoking will only be permitted on cabin balconies and designated areas of outdoor deck space. The smoking policy will initially be instituted on three vessels: Boudicca, Black Prince, and Braemar, all of which will become smoke-free on January 1, 5 and 8, respectively. Black Watch and Balmoral will go smoke-free after completion of their 2009 world cruises, April 13 and May 29, respectively. Fred. Olsen currently allows smoking indoors in designated areas of certain lounges on each of the five ships.
I personally think this is a good policy and think that all cruise lines should implement this on all of their ships. Many towns prohibit smoking inside public buildings nowadays so it's really becoming quite expected that if you want to smoke, you do so outside. Most smokers probably are used to that policy anyway so to have to do the same on a cruise ship should not be a big deal. Now all of us can feel comfortable aboard a cruise ship!
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