Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:19:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: All Marriotts are completely smoke free
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Keith F. Lynch wrote:

> Marriott announced today that all parts of all their hotels,
> including restaurants and all sleeping rooms, would be completely
> smoke free.  See http://marriott.com/news/detail.mi?marrArticle=137410
>
> Is this likely to increase or decrease attendance at cons held
> in Marriotts?
>
Probably neither.  People who prefer to be smoke-free already have
smoke-free wings available for their rooms, and most of the public spaces
were smoke-free or had smoke-free sections before.

Besides, we go to meet people, not to smoke.

-- Dick Eney