<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Wingnut:
what they should point out to their insurers is that the reduction in likelihood of a discarded cigarette starting a fire in the rain is a reduction in liability which should cancel out the increase in potential slip-related litigation</font>
remind them of that and they'll have a freak and close the whole thing down
Cheers, Zac
P.S. in LHR, the UA First lounge permits smoking (there's a designated smoking room, I went in even though I don't smoke because it's got the best view of the apron too)