Pointing to public health issues, Utah smoke-free advocates are protesting the decision to include smoking rooms in design plans for the new Salt Lake City International Airport. 'You can't smoke in a restaurant or in a bar, and you certainly can't smoke on TRAX, so no. 'I'm not condemning anybody I just don't want to be around it,' she said. She said as an ex-smoker, she understands how powerful the addiction is, but she doesn't think airports should provide smoking rooms. That's why Lewis said he appreciates the smoking rooms in Salt Lake City's airport.īut as Lewis smoked, Maggie Podunovich waited for her flight back to Colorado in the boarding area outside of the smoking room. He remembered a time he almost missed a flight in Minneapolis when he had to re-enter security after going outside for a smoke. Lewis said he knows how hard air travel can be for smokers, especially when airports don't provide smoking rooms.

SALT LAKE CITY - Waiting for his flight back home to Texas on Monday, Joshua Lewis lit a cigarette inside a smoking room at Salt Lake City International Airport. Reading or replaying the story in itsĪrchived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Only for your personal, non-commercial use.

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