Smoking area at HKG Lounges
Jul 20, 2013, 9:40 pm
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Jul 20, 2013, 10:22 pm
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I might add, they look like overcrowded, polluted zoo exhibits. Whether by accident or design, HKIA does not appear to be very friendly towards smokers. You can get your fix, but they look utterly uncomfortable. I would've used prison cell as a description but that isn't accurate because they're surrounded with windows so everyone walking on the outside can watch you.
Admittedly I'm not a smoker so I don't know how they rate, but they do look rather bad.
Jul 21, 2013, 3:55 am
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If you are a non-smoker you want to avoid those areas, because despite the signs that said "keep door closed" in both English and Chinese, the Chinese people smoking there will keep the door open, and end up stink it up the whole section. Last time I waited for boarding on a gate across from the smoking area I can smell the smoke odor, and I am amazed no one at HKIA is doing anything about it.
Jul 21, 2013, 11:28 pm
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Sorry but I find this last post very hard to believe. The distance from gate to smoking area is far enough away. To be able to smell smoke from the gate would need a lot if smoke. Enough to trigger fire alarms & sprinklers.
Jul 22, 2013, 7:08 pm
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the bottom floor of the wing used to be a smoking area when it first opened. the pier, too, had a smoking area when it first opened.
Jul 23, 2013, 2:08 am
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its very easy to smell the smoke when you're on the moving walkways between gates. plus, everyone coming out of those rooms smell like smoke.
the bottom floor of the wing used to be a smoking area when it first opened. the pier, too, had a smoking area when it first opened.
the bottom floor of the wing used to be a smoking area when it first opened. the pier, too, had a smoking area when it first opened.
Jul 23, 2013, 1:18 pm
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I don't smoke, and I can smell the smoke from within the 20 meter radius. And yes, I am very sensitive to the smell of smoke. And that is just one smoker. If the door to the room that keeps 10+ smokers inside is open, then I can definitely smell it at the cross gate area.
So, I agree with what CB said. But could we just not call people troll that easily?
So, I agree with what CB said. But could we just not call people troll that easily?
Jul 24, 2013, 10:59 pm
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Well I was there yesterday and the room was totally packed and yes the door was open, 17 paces to the gate and no smell of smoke. As usually CB thinks he is the only one with an opinion. Surely a double door would solve the problem.
Jul 25, 2013, 2:06 am
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I don't smoke, and I can smell the smoke from within the 20 meter radius. And yes, I am very sensitive to the smell of smoke. And that is just one smoker. If the door to the room that keeps 10+ smokers inside is open, then I can definitely smell it at the cross gate area.
So, I agree with what CB said. But could we just not call people troll that easily?
So, I agree with what CB said. But could we just not call people troll that easily?
yes too, very bad design they should have double doors which only open when the other is shut, and to make those rooms as inaccessible as possible.
Jul 26, 2013, 5:54 am
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There are usually so many pax going in/out of the "zoo" that it would make no difference whether the door is kept closed or not. And basically, if you are going to get yourself into that room, you are definitely addicted. 
Jul 26, 2013, 6:12 am
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Thats why having a bank style double door would be best 
Originally Posted by Awesom Andy
There are usually so many pax going in/out of the "zoo" that it would make no difference whether the door is kept closed or not. And basically, if you are going to get yourself into that room, you are definitely addicted.