"Cruises" wrote in message
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> "Brian K" wrote in message
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>> On 7/7/2007 5:32 PM Cruises exclaimed:
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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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> Minority is a word used by those who don't necessarily want to address an
> actual number. 49 is a minority out of 100 if you are only talking two
> classes or people. Yep minority was a good word for you to use for the
> argument. I have always "guessed" smokers at 15% when discussing
> percentages of certain populations. I would think that in the cruise
> industry my number is kind to say the least. Not sure what business your
> in, but everyone I have been associated with would be at wits end over a
> predictable drop of 15% of revenues. When you think of the poor Casino
> staff that number has to be a substantial number of people not gambling
> and thus not tipping them. But those breathing the "clean" air will
> realize this and compensate for it right?
You think the gamblers are going to pay for the chemotherapy treatments that
the casino staff need for the lung cancer that they got from second hand
smoke?
Yeah right. Maybe if you charge them $10 per cigarette, and put all the
money into escrow accounts to pay for future cancer treatments.
It's not just clean air.
It's the elimination of cancer causing agents in the air.
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