Resorts & Recreation
Tired of secondhand smoke limiting your recreation and vacation plans? You've come to the right place. First, you can click here for a list of cities and states with 100% smokefree workplace laws, including locations where all bars and restaurants are completely smokefree. For cities and states without strong smokefree laws, individual businesses and resorts have decided, on their own, to create 100% smokefree environments.
Why? The word is spreading that smokefree air is not only good for health, it is also good for business, so recreation hot spots are voluntarily going smokefree. This page highlights some of these recreation and entertainment venues. Whether you prefer hanging out with Mickey Mouse or hitting the slopes, consider a smokefree destination for your next vacation. We also encourage you to contact these places and thank them for going 100% smokefree. Happy travels!
Hotels:
Disney Hotels
Visitors to "the happiest place on Earth" are breathing easier. Disney's
California hotels, the Disneyland
Hotel, Disney's
Paradise Pier Hotel, are 100% smokefree as of March 1st. Disney's Grand
Californian opened in 2001 as a smokefree hotel. So now all three hotels
are smokefree. The decision to make the hotels smokefree was based on customer
demand.
Westin Hotels
Westin became the first big chain of hotels to adopt a 100% smokefree policy,
providing smokefree air throughout its 77 U.S., Canadian and Caribbean lodgings,
including: guest rooms, lobbies, meeting rooms, restaurants, bars. Westin reported
that only 8% of customers were asking for smoking rooms, so they went smokefree
to provide guests with a more comfortable and healthier hotel stay.
River
Suites at Riverwalk
The River Suites hotel in Edwards, Colorado, is 100% smokefree. The hotel, located
5 minutes from Beaver Creek, is also pet-friendly. For reservations, call (970)926-0606
or visit www.innandsuitesatriverwalk.com.
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"I think it will be the start of a trend,"
says Joe McInerney, president of trade group American Hotel & Lodging
Association.
He says other chains are considering the move to smoke-free hotels. |
For more information on smokefree hotels, please visit our Hotels page.
Ski Resorts:
Black
Mountain of Maine
207.364.8977
www.skiblackmtnofme.org
Rumford, Maine
Black Mountain of Maine took a significant step forward when the community ski area located in Rumford, ME went completely tobacco free. The policy asked all skiers and employees of the non-profit, community ski area to refrain from the use of any tobacco product upon entering the Black Mountain premises. That includes the use of cigarettes, cigars, pipes and chewing tobacco in the parking lot, lodge, lifts and trails.
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“I believe the scope and complexity of this health
crisis poses the single greatest issue facing our State over the next
generation. Solving it will take focused and bold steps from all corners
of the State. I am very proud of ...the Black Mountain board for the leadership
role they are playing on this issue within the ski industry.” said
Andy Shepard, President and owner of Black Mountain.
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Whistler
Blackcomb Ski Resort
604.938.7111
www.whistlerblackcomb.com
British Columbia, Canada
In December Whistler Blackcomb strengthened their smokefree policy with added signage at the bottom and the top of all lifts. The move was in response to a number of complaints from guests frustrated by smokers in lift lines.
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"We’ve always had signs but there was an increase
in negative guest comments complaining about smoking in line and so that
is the reason why we’ve increased the signage," said Tabetha
Boot, senior public relations officer with Whistler-Blackcomb.
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Other 100% Smokefree Spots:
Taos
Mountain Casino
www.taosmountaincasino.com
888.946.8267
Taos, New Mexico
Taos Mountain Casino features a 100% non-smoking atmosphere! Open 8:00 am to 2:00 am Thursday through Sunday, and 8:00 am to 1:00 am Sunday through Wednesday. For more information on smokefree casinos, see our casino page.
Do you know of a 100% smokefree venue to add to this list? Please contact us!
Click here for a list of cities and states with 100% smokefree workplace laws.