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No more smoking at Charleston Int’l Airport

09/05/21

There are still a few airports around the country that accommodate smoking inside the terminals. According to the American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation, as of July 1, 2021, four of the top 35 US airports have smoking spaces: McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, Washington Dulles Airport (IAD), TGIF at Miami International Airport (MIA), and […]

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All the restaurants and retail shops at Nashville International Airport Thursday, July 7, 2016 in Nashville, TN.

Atlanta stubbing out smoking lounges at its airport

07/22/19

The smoking lounges at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int'l Airport will close in Jan. 2020. After that, just a few U.S. airports will still have spaces for smokers inside. Guest which ones.

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Should airports have smoking rooms?

08/27/15

The debate over airport smoking rooms is flaring up again. In May, just a few months after the 25th anniversary of the federal law banning smoking on domestic U.S. flights, Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy, the U.S. Surgeon General, posted a photo on Facebook and Twitter giving thumbs down to smoking rooms at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International […]

Denver Airport deletes smoking lounges

01/12/13

Denver International Airport is making good on its plan to close down the smoking lounges. Since May, when the city’s mayor held a press conference to announce the plan, three of the four smoking lounges at the Denver airport have closed. The fourth lounge, Timberline, located on on Concourse C, will shut down when its […]

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Thanksgiving Travel Tibits: food, music & smoke

11/21/12

If you’re traveling through an airport during this week’s Thanksgiving travel madness, here are some travel tidbits to keep in mind. Worried about second-hand smoke? Then don’t stand near airport smoking lounges – and consider holding your breath when you walk by. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, […]

Smoking at the airport? Good luck with that.

06/06/12

Want to light up a cigarette before or after your next flight? Good luck with that. According to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation, indoor smoking is completely banned at 27 of the 35 busiest U.S. airports. Soon it will be 28. Well, make that 27 and 3/4. Denver International Airport, currently the only public […]