Shanghai goes all out nonsmoking - hotel mitigations
Mar 26, 2017, 4:45 pm
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Shanghai goes all out nonsmoking - hotel mitigations
Things change, particular in China.
Shanghai goes all out for nonsmoking in "any public place with a roof"...my trip this March found myself couldn't smoke in my fav. Hilton smoking room...
Any insights for getting hotels in Shanghai that still allow to smoke?
Yes, I know it's a "bad habit", but duty free Marlboro is too atractive....
Shanghai goes all out for nonsmoking in "any public place with a roof"...my trip this March found myself couldn't smoke in my fav. Hilton smoking room...
Any insights for getting hotels in Shanghai that still allow to smoke?
Yes, I know it's a "bad habit", but duty free Marlboro is too atractive....
Mar 26, 2017, 5:15 pm
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Things change, particular in China.
Shanghai goes all out for nonsmoking in "any public place with a roof"...my trip this March found myself couldn't smoke in my fav. Hilton smoking room...
Any insights for getting hotels in Shanghai that still allow to smoke?
Yes, I know it's a "bad habit", but duty free Marlboro is too atractive....
Shanghai goes all out for nonsmoking in "any public place with a roof"...my trip this March found myself couldn't smoke in my fav. Hilton smoking room...
Any insights for getting hotels in Shanghai that still allow to smoke?
Yes, I know it's a "bad habit", but duty free Marlboro is too atractive....
Are they actually serious about enforcement now? I've seen an awful lot of smoking in non-smoking areas in China.
Mar 26, 2017, 5:47 pm
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like where?
go find it out yourself.
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Mar 26, 2017, 7:39 pm
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I wonder if they banned smoking in hospitals...they say something in rules
about children's hospitals.
I have given Chinese doctors cartons of ChungWha cigarettes and bottles of
expensive cognac as tips. They seem to like that.
about children's hospitals.
I have given Chinese doctors cartons of ChungWha cigarettes and bottles of
expensive cognac as tips. They seem to like that.
Mar 27, 2017, 7:15 am
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So yes, things seem to be changing. The week before, there were no signs and it was a smoking free-for-all...
Mar 27, 2017, 10:07 pm
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Mar 28, 2017, 2:49 pm
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Mar 30, 2017, 3:45 am
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Beijing has been non-smoking in hotels for a couple of years, but it doesn't seem to be enforced.
I preferred when they had separate smoking rooms so non-smoking guests could get a room that didn't have a strong odor. Now, since all rooms are in theory non-smoking, it seems like every room reeks of stale cigarettes since many guests still smoke in the rooms.
Hotels are unwilling to enforce non-smoking since so many Chinese guests smoke.
I preferred when they had separate smoking rooms so non-smoking guests could get a room that didn't have a strong odor. Now, since all rooms are in theory non-smoking, it seems like every room reeks of stale cigarettes since many guests still smoke in the rooms.
Hotels are unwilling to enforce non-smoking since so many Chinese guests smoke.
Apr 2, 2017, 8:30 am
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I've found non-smoking signs to basically be interpreted as "please smoke as much as you can" by many Chinese. It would be great if finally the police does what they should, and make sure that laws are upheld.