Smoke signal: Suvarnabhumi sparks smoking rooms outrage

[mrmicbkktxl]

Who is writing sh.. like this???I stopped smoking a year ago,why should I sit in a smoking room as a non smoker???

Nothing wrong with smoking rooms they highly appreciated by smokers and they don't disturb any non smokers.

Since thais are so greedy they could charge an entrance fee for smoking rooms.

 

[patman30]

they should remove them small nasty smoking rooms
and instead have a nice large airy smoking lounge with great extraction
and they could cash in on such a lounge in many many ways

[Bday Prang]

12 hours ago, dinsdale said:

AKA smokers. @BangkokReady beat me to it. As for global trends, Changi airport, one of if not the best airport in the world has enclosed airconditioned smoking rooms and designated outside smoking areas. Indeed there are 18 places you can go and have a smoke.

Dubai, and Qatar also remain smoker friendly,    even Manchester in the overregulated  UK has areas

[Bday Prang]

The only "outrage" is that which has been ore programmed into the bot that wrote the article

[The Old Bull]

11 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

transitting in  South Korea (Incheon) last year ... the smoking rooms were a welcome surprise.

 

Bring back smoking rooms at swampy has my vote.

Smoking rooms in Incheon not very smokey  ,good place to sit when the covid was happening as it was the only place you didn,t have to wear a mask. Smoking rooms in Taipei very busy.Bring them back so the doo gooders can stand by the door and have something to complain about.

[OneMoreFarang]

If smoking is soooo bad then bad the sales of cigarettes and similar products.

And arrest everybody who smokes.

 

Why does this not happen? Because everybody knows that there are millions of smokers out there who can't just decide this morning that they just stop.

 

Be realistic! Let those smokers smoke. Make it convenient for them to do that. Win/win!

[Bday Prang]

6 minutes ago, The Old Bull said:

Smoking rooms in Incheon not very smokey  ,good place to sit when the covid was happening as it was the only place you didn,t have to wear a mask. Smoking rooms in Taipei very busy.Bring them back so the doo gooders can stand by the door and have something to complain about.

I remember there were smoking areas in Abu Dhabi with glass walls so the do gooders could watch and "tut-tut"

[UWEB]

Yes, open smoking Rooms but without ventilation. Let see how long the smokers will stay in.

[baansgr]

56 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

We are talking about airports in Thailand aren't we?. Get through immigration and there are thousands of places you can go for smoke?

After a 12 hour fight and maybe another 2 getting through immigration and bag collection

[morrobay]

Seems most replying are these in denial pro smoking rooms saps. As evidenced by all this: ' it's ok just let them smoke there ' Completely oblivious to all this smoke diffusion out of the rooms that contaminates the surroundings. Most of "these smokers" besides being slobs are ignorant, in denial, obnoxious.

[Xonax]

I will welcome any initiative, that can prevent addicted smokers from smoking in restrooms and outside entrances and exits. I have been smoke free for 30 years. Today I feel sick and need to leave immediately when exposed to tobacco or cannabis smell.

[redwood1]

2 minutes ago, morrobay said:

Seems most replying are these in denial pro smoking rooms saps. As evidenced by all this: ' it's ok just let them smoke there ' Completely oblivious to all this smoke diffusion out of the rooms that contaminates the surroundings. Most of "these smokers" besides being slobs are ignorant, in denial, obnoxious.

 

A good smoking room with good ventilation I bet you can hardly smell smoke a few feet from the door...

 

Ok a box of a smoking room with very little ventilation, sure smoke will drift out into the hallway....

 

Build good smoking rooms....Problem solved.....

[redwood1]

5 minutes ago, Xonax said:

I will welcome any initiative, that can prevent addicted smokers from smoking in restrooms and outside entrances and exits. I have been smoke free for 30 years. Today I feel sick and need to leave immediately when exposed to tobacco or cannabis smell.

 

Smoking is good and good for you...

[shavedPotter]

This was obviously suggested by the nicotine inside a smoker.

[klauskunkel]

Apparently the AoT has a brand new board member since January, who is also Chairman of Thailand's Tobacco Monopoly:

Theeraj Athanavanich currently works at Tobacco Authority of Thailand, as Chairman from 2021, Government Savings Bank of Thailand, as Chairman from 2019, and Airports of Thailand Public Co. Ltd., as Director from 2025.

https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/THEERAJ-ATHANAVANICH-A3JQML/

funny how this works out, isn't it...

[Dionigi]

Nicotine is very addictive. Deprive an addict of his fix and you will get bad behaviour, either circumventing the rules or aggression. Bring back properly designed smoking rooms that do not bother non smokers. I do not smoke.

[proton]

9 minutes ago, Dionigi said:

Nicotine is very addictive. Deprive an addict of his fix and you will get bad behaviour, either circumventing the rules or aggression. Bring back properly designed smoking rooms that do not bother non smokers. I do not smoke.

 

The users of this filthy, disgusting and very unhealthy habit always play up the addictive aspect as if it's not their fault and as an excuse for not being able to control themselves. Can't imagine what the stink is like in these smoking rooms full of these sad addicts.

[sungod]

12 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

 

the Asian ladies I frequent sure do love to smoke.

 

Yeah, roll ups in your case as opposed to a blue veined Havana.

[sungod]

2 minutes ago, proton said:

 

The users of this filthy, disgusting and very unhealthy habit always play up the addictive aspect as if it's not their fault and as an excuse for not being able to control themselves. Can't imagine what the stink is like in these smoking rooms full of these sad addicts.

 

I gave up smoking years ago, but started to ask myself questions when I was sat in one of those filthy smoking rooms, they were truly minging.

[IndomitableSpirit]

12 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Is yours small like a cigarette? 

It was a bad idea reading this while sipping on a straw.🤣🤣

[proton]

4 minutes ago, sungod said:

 

I gave up smoking years ago, but started to ask myself questions when I was sat in one of those filthy smoking rooms, they were truly minging.

 

All used to smoke on buses when I was young, you got home absolutely stinking of smoke, same in the cinemas and pubs, things have improved a lot. Smokers should be treated like lepers.

[norfolkandchance]

Who needs two lungs.

[fredwiggy]

19 minutes ago, proton said:

 

All used to smoke on buses when I was young, you got home absolutely stinking of smoke, same in the cinemas and pubs, things have improved a lot. Smokers should be treated like lepers.

First you want to ban dogs. Now it's smokers. Who's next, coffee drinkers?  My dad died at 79 from smoking 3 packs a day for over 60 years. It was his choice when cancer entered his lungs and I couldn't stand breathing in second hand smoke for the first 17 years of my life but it's their deal. Yes, they are addicted and addiction starts when someone starts most anything, especially the harmful things, but again, it's their choice. Society has made it better for those who don't smoke, by banning from public areas, especially enclosed ones. Having a place where they can smoke without harming others is mandatory, and the rooms when well ventilated, won't affect anyone else. Everyone is addicted to something, although some are bad things to be addicted to. It doesn't mean they are outcasts. It means they should do it where non smokers aren't affected.

[CanadaJoe]

If people want to engage in a disgusting habit like smoking, they are free to do it in the privacy of their own homes. However, the rest of us should not be subjected to the stench or health risks from such a foul habit. All public spaces should be smoke-free. Why should we have to suffer from someone else's addiction? In my experience, the majority of smokers are selfish and believe they have the right to smoke, regardless of the harm they cause to others. 

[CanadaJoe]

3 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

First you want to ban dogs. Now it's smokers. Who\s next, coffee drinkers?  My dad dies at 79 from smoking 3 packs a day for over 60 years. It was his choice when cancer entered his lungs and I couldn't stand breathing in second hand smoke for the first 17 years of my life but it's their deal. yes, they are addicted and addiction starts when someone starts most anything, especially the harmful things, but again, it's their choice. Society has made it better for those who don't smoke, by banning from public areas, especially enclosed ones. Having a place where they can smoke without harming others is mandatory, and the rooms when well ventilated, won't affect anyone else. Everyone is addicted to something, although some are bad things to be addicted to. It doesn't mean they are outcasts. It means they should do it where non smokers aren't affected.

What about anyone passing by the smoking rooms or the poor staff members who have to go and clean those areas? To say a smoking room doesn't affect anyone is wrong. 

[CanadaJoe]

1 hour ago, The Old Bull said:

.Bring them back so the doo gooders can stand by the door and have something to complain about.

By "doo gooders" do you mean folks who don't wish to breathe in other people's foul, disgusting, cancerous smoke??? 

[redwood1]

1 minute ago, CanadaJoe said:

What about anyone passing by the smoking rooms or the poor staff members who have to go and clean those areas? To say a smoking room doesn't affect anyone is wrong. 

 

Hey let only the staff that are smokers clean the smoking rooms...And they can have a smoke while cleaning.....Brilliant solution if I say so myself...

[fredwiggy]

2 minutes ago, CanadaJoe said:

What about anyone passing by the smoking rooms or the poor staff members who have to go and clean those areas? To say a smoking room doesn't affect anyone is wrong. 

Good ventilation brings smoke out of the rooms before any gets near the door, and a double door could be installed if need be. I'm sure there are workers who smoke who could be designated to clean the rooms. A smoking room is a good alternative to having the smokers fly across the ocean and have a place to smoke. People who aren't addicted to smoking find it hard to understand how it feels, but it's just like any other addiction. Trust me, I hate smoke myself, but they aren't bad because of their habit, unless it affects others.

[fire2rescue99]

Back in the day at Don Mueng, I recall being taken aback at the smoking everywhere there on my first trips to LOS.  Smoking in the terminal, in the restaurants, at the baggage claim, in the taxi queue and at Customs. It was ubiquitous. Well there you go, I am dating myself.

[KhunLA]

18 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

First you want to ban dogs. Now it's smokers. Who's next, coffee drinkers?  My dad died at 79 from smoking 3 packs a day for over 60 years. It was his choice when cancer entered his lungs and I couldn't stand breathing in second hand smoke for the first 17 years of my life but it's their deal. Yes, they are addicted and addiction starts when someone starts most anything, especially the harmful things, but again, it's their choice. Society has made it better for those who don't smoke, by banning from public areas, especially enclosed ones. Having a place where they can smoke without harming others is mandatory, and the rooms when well ventilated, won't affect anyone else. Everyone is addicted to something, although some are bad things to be addicted to. It doesn't mean they are outcasts. It means they should do it where non smokers aren't affected.

I prefer my tax dollars / baht, not to be used to support unhealthy activity, that may eventually lead to health problems, which again, will cost tax money to treat.  

 

I know making people sick and the making profit treating them is big business, but prefer my dollars / baht is spent doing both.

 

You want to kill yourself, do it  away from me, and on you one dime, sip baht.