I was a in college, en route home back to school on my one smoking flight I ever took. This was back in the days when my Mom booked my flights (she was paying) and I always complained that she put me in non-smoking, but this one time...
Well the flight was late to take off, not terribly, but at least 30 mins. I swear everyone in that section had a cigarette in their mouth with a lighter at the ready and there was a cheer the second the non smoking light went off once we cleared the required altitude.
No swearing required. Even on not late flights, you'd hear the lighters click the second the light went off. I hated that.
I didn't fly back from college but took a bus. Same rules, but smaller space and even worse.
And as for work. For a while our megacorp had two sides in conference rooms. The smoking side, and the non-smoking side. They even put in extra return air vents above the smoking side.
Over a period of 8 years or so, they phased it out like this...
- smoking everywhere
- conference room split out
- no smoking in conference rooms, offices depended on the occupants and you were not to smoke in a non-smokers office (so they rearranged people). Break areas still allowed it.
- Smoking only in designated break areas. Not in offices or conference rooms.
- No smoking in the building (yeah), had to be outside or a balcony.
- No smoking on balconies, got to get 10 ft. away from ground floor doors.
- Smokers confined to an area 100s of ft. from any door.
Some businesses, especially hospitals, now disallow it on property anywhere. You'll see hospital workers lined up on the sidewalk next to the street on the first public right-of-way.
