On 7/7/2007 5:32 PM Cruises exclaimed:
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>> But the way we're going the smokers are going to be put in concentration
>> camps before to much longer. I wonder if the pendulum will ever swing back
>> the other way?
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>> Donald R. Newcomb
>> DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net
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> Atcually the best chance of that happening is when they finally BAN SMOKING
> on the ships. That will effectly BAN SMOKERS from any of the ships and BAN
> SMOKERS DOLLARS from any of the ships which will Significantly increase
> cruise fares across the board (exponentially) which will reduce some of the
> less die hard cruisers which will prevent more dollars being spent which
> will require more rate increases ........ well not hard to figure out the
> rest of the tale.
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Not very much likely. Smokers are in the minority. Think of it this
way. It could encourage more smokers to quit or at least wear the
nicotine patch while they cruise. Since smokers are in the minority,
the financial impact of completely banning smoking aboard a cruise ship
will be minimal.
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