Finally! Be free from smoking

nospam@example.com (Clear the Smoke) wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt

It’s been nearly a year since Hawaii adopted its new smoke-free law and
while most people surveyed—a whopping 82 percent—are happy with it, recent
media buzz has suggested the law is having a
negative effect on tourism, especially in the Asian market.
But both state tourism officials and Japanese
travel wholesalers have yet to see any data linking the smoke-free law to a

decline in visitors to Hawaii.
In fact, the most recent figures show Hawaii hosted 6.3
percent more Japanese visitors this August when compared to the same month last
year—a full two months before the smoke-free law took effect.
In addition, several large Hawaii hotel chains
such as Outrigger and OHANA Hotels and Marriott Resorts have gone a step
further and declared their rooms smoke-free, ensuring their guests—smokers or
not—breathe fresh, clean air throughout their stay.
With 26 states and many countries around the world
boasting smoke-free laws, visitors to Hawaii
are likely to expect, if not demand, the right to [...]

Read the rest of this great post here