SMOKING IN RESTAURANTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22721, 6 November 1935, Page 6

SMOKING IN RESTAURANTS

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—l agree with what Mr Stanley V. Jennings says in his letter in to-day's issue. The people who smoke in tearooms are very selfish, as they go out in the fresh air after smoking, and the people who come in later have to inhale stale tobacco smoke. Further, why do not the members of the tramway staff stop smoking on the front of the cars? A notice.on the cars says, "Smoking on rear platform only. Why does the motorman allow smoking on his platform? One reason may be that he has a smoke there himself when getting near the end of his run. Thn other day at Tahuna terminus I saw the motorman and conductor sitting inside a tram, both smoking for several minutes. Moreover, a motorman smoked while driving a car from St. Kilda to the car sheds. What are the inspectors doing J Who is in charge of the car, the motorman or conductor? On the trains, too, smoking is allowed in the carriages, and the guards come through and take no notice. To see one carriage in about a dozen on a train marked "smoking," and all the carriages full of people smoking, is a farce, and is a joke on the railway people. Why not one carriage on a train marked "non-smoker" and the rest "smoking," and get the guard to see that no smoking is allowed in the non-smoker? —I am, etc, November 5. Fresh Air.