smoking Archives - Stuck at the Airport

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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Smoking still allowed at most of world’s busiest airports

11/24/17

Smoking is still allowed at most of the world's 50 busiest airports. →

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No more smoking – soon – at Salt Lake City Int’l Airport

06/13/16

The smoking rate in the U.S. is on the decline. That's just one reason Salt Lake City International Airport is closing its smoking lounges. →

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At the Airport: year-end review

01/03/16

At the Airport: year-end review. Here's a round-up of the At the Airport columns I wrote for USA TODAY in 2015. Topics include: airport hotels, smoking at airport, airport lactation stations, cannabis policies at airports, airport carpets and more. →

Smoker in need of a hotel?

02/05/14

Smoker in need of a hotel? →

Smoking lounges at airports not going away

01/20/13

Smoking is still allowed in specific areas at the five major U.S. airports detailed in a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that showed air pollution levels that are significantly higher than those at non-smoking airports. One of the airports — Denver International — did snuff three of its four smoking areas in →

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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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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 →

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Woman smokes & strips at Denver Airport

04/12/12

Woman smokes & strips at Denver Airport →

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Cigars and pashimas at the airport

09/28/10

I spent the day walking the aisles of the exhibition hall at the annual conference of ACI-NA: Airports Council International – North America, being held this week in Pittsburgh. I’ll be writing a column for USA TODAY on some of the intriguing services and amenities on the horizon for travelers, but wanted to share a →

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