SMOKING ON BOATS AND BUSES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20259, 20 May 1929, Page 14

SMOKING ON BOATS AND BUSES.

Sir,—May I protest against the smoke nuisance in North Shore boats and buses. With the approach of winter tho windows of buses, which are made to open (and some of them are not), are kept closed, and it requires but two or three pipes, reinforced by a few cigarettes, and the atmosphere becomes intolerable. No attempt is made to segregate the smokers in the back of the bus, as is done in a tramcar, where they could get well impregnated by, and enjoy to the full, tho fumes they make. There are many moderate smokers who consider such a state of things a nuisance, and there are still a number of ladies who do not smoke and who are entitled to some consideration. An equally unfair condition prevails on the boats. The people who really appreciate the delicate freshness of the sea ozone, and who cross the harbour day by day for the purpose of enjoying it, are debarred the privilege for which they pay. Notwithstanding the fact that everyone descending to the "forward" end of the lower deck is faced with the "no smoking" notice, it is rarely possible to secure a seat there without finding one's self nest to the übiquitous fag, or the thick fumes of a juicy briar. It is too much to expect any consideration to bo shown unless it. is enforced by authority, and it is surely not unreasonable to ask that regulations with regard to smoking should be made and officials in charge be instructed to see that they are obseived. Hygeia.