Once upon a time, you could smoke a cigarette or a cigar just about anywhere you wanted to. I mean, if you watch a few movies set in between the 1950s and the 1980s, you’ll see that everybody is smoking pretty much the entire movie no matter where they are. Radio hosts, journalists, businessmen, car salesman, restaurants, etc., it didn’t matter who or where, everybody was puffing.
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Eventually, health officials in the US began to see the effects of smoking and secondhand smoke was having on residents. They started to place restrictions on tobacco products and eventually started to ban them for those under the age of 18. Then they slowly started to limit where people were allowed to smoke and where they couldn’t. I might be aging myself here, but I would beg my grandparents to say “no smoking” when they were asked what side of the restaurant they wanted to sit on.
In 2010, lawmakers across the country made it illegal to smoke inside of most buildings except for cigar bars, tobacco specialty retail stores, and gaming floors of casinos. This law has saved many people from dealing with the effects of secondhand tobacco smoke, but there are always ways around the rules.
Would You Visit An Cigar Lounge While Waiting For Your Flight At The Airport?
There are some places that are large enough like a mall, airport, train station, and other large buildings that could get around this law by opening a cigar bar, tobacco retail store, or even a casino gaming floor. Most of the time, these places receive pushback from customers and officials warning that others could deal with unwanted smoke inhalation.
The Wayne County Airport Authority is looking to join this group after taking proposals for a cigar lounge to open inside of the Detroit Metropolitain Airport. The lounge would be positioned in the McNamara terminal with an enclosed smoking area that comes equipped with state-of-the-art air handling and ventilation systems…