Posted By Rob T It's the same as hotels - smoking is allowed in your place of abode. As for fears of people breathing in the second-hand smoke when cleaning the rooms etc. No smoker has ever died within the first ten years of smoking regardless of how many they have smoked (and as such think how much second-hand smoke you would need to cause health problems), no person has ever died as a direct result of inhaling second-hand smoke (not including allergies etc.) and as such tell anyone who tries to claim they are worried for their health to grow up!

Posted By J Knight Rob, You certainly are consistent in your views on this one. Putting allergies in brackets is a bit naughty really; your comments about lack of evidence for harm from second-hand smoking is based, as far as I can tell, on studies looking at cancer rates. I suggest you broaden your approach to include Heart Disease and Britain's fifth biggest cause of death as well (I won't tell you what it is as you might enjoy finding out). Telling people to 'grow up' when they are expressing reasonable fears may help you feel better, but it won't help workplace relations, John

Posted By Rob T Hi Crim, I think most people are now aware that the reason Roy castle was dropped from the ASH campaign to ban smoking was due to the fact that when he had the autopsy, it was found that he had the wrong type of cancer to be associated with smoking. Remember that there are type 1 and type 2 lung cancers and only one is associated with smoking. Therefore the case you mention was proven not to be smoke related. You will also find that there has not been one death certificate issued in the UK which gives passive smoking as a cause of death (OK John - but still other than that associated with allergies). John, I think we are doomed to be at loggerheads on this subject forever but I'm sure we agree on many other subjects. Keep on sparring as differing points of view are what keeps this site interesting - god-forbid we all end up agreeing with each other! Rob