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  The Smoking Room - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Smoking is prohibited in the offices of most British companies, but there is often a room somewhere in the building that smokers can use during work hours.
Despite her smoking and drinking, she is health conscious, being a vegetarian (why she could never eat human flesh) and a devotee of 'boxercise'.
When a stop smoking conference is held in Episode Fifteen, Gordon is the only smoker who is genuinely committed to quitting and he is annoyed when it ends in chaos, but by the next episode he has acquired a new girlfriend and is happy to smoke while he brags about her.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Smoking_Room   (5423 words)

  
 Tobacco smoking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), smoking Landsknechts spread tobacco use among the rural population of the European continent: records of smoking in Sweden date to 1630 and in Austria to 1650.
Although the amount of nicotine inhaled with tobacco smoke is quite small (most of the substance is destroyed by the heat) it is still sufficient to cause physical and/or psychological dependence.
Passive smoking is one of the key issues in leading to smoking bans, particularly in workplaces.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tobacco_smoking   (3691 words)

  
 Smoking Ban
Smoking is prohibited in all restaurants and bars regardless of the number of employees.
Smoking is prohibited in an establishment with a club permit that was not established before May 1, 2003.
A smoking “break room” may be established by a workplace (for employees only) as long as there is also a non-smoking “break room.” A smoking room must meet the requirements stated in Public Act 03-45.
www.alact.org /smokeban.html   (224 words)

  
 SMOKING ROOM CIGARETTE TOBACCO SMOKE ODOR AIR CLEANER AIR PURIFIER AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM
Smoking is dangerous to your health and to those around you.
Smoke and invisible vapor from cigarettes, cigars, and pipes are some of the main causes of odors in smoking areas in restaurants, bars and other public and private smoking areas.
When first turned on in an already smoke-filled room, the first effect is the removal of the sharp irritants that affect the eyes and the nose.
www.allerairsolutions.com /smoking_area.html   (1303 words)

  
 MedlinePlus: 'Smoking Room' at Home Won't Shield Asthmatic Kids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In fact, asthmatic kids who live with smokers are 10 times less likely to be protected by any smoking ban in the home and car than children who live in homes with nonsmokers, researchers report.
She said smoking in a different room or opening a window in the car does little to protect children from secondhand smoke.
Most of the parents in the study said their healthcare providers had asked them about smoke exposure in the home, but only 40 percent said they'd been asked about smoke exposure in the car, where concentrations of cigarette smoke are higher than in the home.
www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/news/fullstory_31129.html   (370 words)

  
 Smoking room redesign 101   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
While the ever-dwindling smoking contingent is trying to cope with such significant changes (and handling the unsolicited advice of both the purists and the converted) there's another contingent wondering what to do with all the smoking rooms that are suddenly deserted throughout the city.
The room once dubbed "the gas chamber" is empty, and now that the smoke has cleared we've realized this is a sizable spot just perfect for something.
Over at another place which shall remain nameless (evidently many of the employees didn't even know there was a smoking room) it's been suggested a doggie day care would be a welcome addition to boost morale and give staff a warm, fuzzy feeling.
www.canada.com /windsorstar/news/entertainment/story.html?id=b3d796ff-405b-406d-ad3e-08a41496deeb&k=76664   (568 words)

  
 Room Twelve: Smoking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The fact that few bars have banned smoking is evidence, not of the fact that the 'voluntary option has failed', but of the fact that when given the choice most people - including non-smokers - prefer to frequent bars where smoking is allowed.
I do not smoke, and most non-smokers I have discussed this matter with broadly support my position.
Interestingly, many of the people I have heard support a blanket ban are smokers, who support it on the grounds that they would like to smoke less but are unable to do so, and this ban would forcibly reduce their consumption.
roomtwelve.blogspot.com /2005/02/smoking.html   (507 words)

  
 Smoking room - Club Stogie Cigar Discussion Forum
What you need to do is calculate the amount of air that would have to be removed from the room to create a vacuum, then buy the appropriate size exaust fan for the room size.
The room that I plan on doing is going to be about 8x10, so I don' t think that I will need a big fan.
The run should be fairly short as well, as the spot that I would be smoking is near that rear wall that faces outside.
www.clubstogie.com /vb/showthread.php?t=4451   (974 words)

  
 priceline hotel wanted $20 for non-smoking room - Priceline and Hotwire Forum
I refused to pay the upgrade (I was only paying $31 for the room to start with!), and one of my small children slept on a porta-crib mat with linens that I put on the floor (cribs were free at the hotel!).
Although I explained to Michelle the potential problems to priceline if hotels routinely tried to upsell basic room accomodations to priceline customers, she was unyielding in her insistance that priceline simply guarantees a room for 2 people, and that after that, you're pretty much dependent on the hospitality of the innkeeper.
She said that if a smoking room or the wrong bedding is a problem, maybe you're better off not booking with priceline.
www.betterbidding.com /index.php?act=ST&f=173&t=8977&   (2921 words)

  
 Room Types
Room #12: Large smoking room, one king bed, fridge, microwave, shower.
Room #17: Extra-large smoking room, two queen beds, full bath, fridge, microwave.
Room #18: Extra-large smoking room, two queen beds, fridge, microwave, full bath.
www.applecoverinn.com /rooms.htm   (298 words)

  
 BBC Three - Smoking Room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Set entirely in the smoking room of a large company, this eight-part comedy series explores the personal foibles and suppressed longings of an oddly assorted bunch of characters.
There’s the smoking-room fixture with a passion for the postboy; the grouchy security guard; the thick-skinned office Romeo; the terminally paranoiac; the divorcee enjoying a new adolescence; an entirely self-centered emotional wreck; the boss who wants to be popular; and the voice of reason among all the madness.
With a feel similar to The Royle Family, the series explores all aspects of human life, as it is played out in the self-contained world of the smoking room.
www.bbc.co.uk /bbcthree/tv/smoking_room.shtml   (193 words)

  
 Airport smoking rooms don't work -- Pion and Givel 13 (Supplement 1): 37 -- Tobacco Control
The fourth photo shows the smoking room, the entrance to which faces the corridor leading down the concourse.
Smoking room 4C is an enclosed room approximately 15 foot wide
rooms are responsible for approximately 70–80% of the
tc.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/13/suppl_1/i37   (2145 words)

  
 Fodor's Travel Guides | Forums Messages
It can't be used while you are in the room, but if you are to be gone for several hours it'll pretty much eliminate the stench.
Once we made the mistake of taking a smoking room because it was in a quieter area of the hotel.
Even though it is a smoking room it may not smell.
www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=1&tid=34770756&numresponses=28&start=0   (1945 words)

  
 Laramie Movie Scope: Smoking Room
The film “Smoking Room” deals with the politics of corporate power by focusing on one small complaint: the lack of a smoking room in one Spanish office of an American company which has a no-smoking policy.
The men express anger over what they call the “differences” between themselves and the fl man. What they are really talking about is the differences between their culture and the culture of the foreigners who control them.
The battle for a smoking room is really a tiny rebellion against an American regulation imposed upon Spanish culture.
www.lariat.org /atthemovies/new/smokeroom.html   (707 words)

  
 Jacob's Smoking Room - Dottle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Tobacco is a typical virginia, in that it can smoke really hot.
Tobacco smoked to a nice gray and white ash.
I enjoy smoking both pipes and cigars, so I'm sure this will have a mixture of both.
jctalley.tripod.com /blog/index.blog?from=20050930   (139 words)

  
 FOREST Online > The Smoking Room
Shetland Islands Council's environmental health department spokesman Maggie Dunne said smokers needed to be reminded that smoking in pub doorways, where there is a roof and walls on either side, was breaking the ban.
She said once the softly-softly settling in period has passed, smokers will be fined for smoking in these areas as well.
Staff and patients are banned from smoking anywhere in the hospital grounds.
www.forestonline.blogspot.com   (732 words)

  
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Health providers and officials at St. Cloud State University are encouraging student government representatives to consider closing a designated smoking room at the university's student center.
The smoking room at Atwood Memorial Center is the only designated smoking room on campus and St. Cloud State is believed to be one of only three schools in Minnesota that have designated smoking rooms on campus.
The room currently is closed for renovations and some health and community leaders would like to see it remain closed, saying no indoor smoking room is safe.
www.kare11.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=69883   (201 words)

  
 thecustard.tv • thecrumble
Comedy set in a company's smoking room where an assorted bunch of employees gather to satisfy their addiction for nicotine and gossip.
Happy Birthday Lilian's birthday party is held in the smoking room and her colleagues Yvonne and Lois are keen to make things perfect.
Sharon has pressganged the denizens of the smoking room into a variety show for local pensioners while their usual sanctuary provides the holding room where Sally and Anne grumble about the fastidious audience and Robin shirks away from the ritual humiliation by organising the running order.
www.thecustard.tv /thecrumble/thecrumbleSRoom.html   (2341 words)

  
 Sun.Star Cebu - Cabaero: Smoking room
They too want smoking to be regulated to protect their environment, community and children.
Smokers need not be reduced to “fugitives” puffing at their cigarettes in corners with their eyes on the watch for law enforcers.
So that the next time you see a “Smoking Room” sign you will know it is just another rest area, like a restroom, only this time for a different kind of relief.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2003/07/01/oped/nini.b..cabaero.beyond.30.html   (497 words)

  
 HVAC-Talk: Heating, Air & Refrigeration Discussion - smoking room equipment
Smoking rooms may need 25 cfm per occupant.
I believe smoking areas are 60 cfm per person (IMC) which would be 100 people.
Limit the amount of people in a smoking room to 10 to 15 at one time,that will lower the size of HRV, the room must be totally sealed from the other areas, your local Workmans Compensation Board should have specific specs on smoking rooms in Pubs.
hvac-talk.com /vbb/showthread.php?postid=582259   (312 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The Smoking Room: Series 1: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In the world of work, there is only one place where seniority counts for nothing, where shop-talk is banned, and where the last bastions against fresh air and desk-based massage, gather regularly to discuss the minutiae of their lives: the smoking room.
At first it appears rather sterile, set, as it is, entirely in an office smoking room - yet the array of characters is so bewilderingly thorough that I lose track of how many there are, and they are all - in their own, utterly unintentional ways - hilarious.
I saw the 'Smoking Room' on BBC 3 and was counting the days until it came out on DVD.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ASALQK   (800 words)

  
 "The Smoking Room" (2004)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Janet appears prissy and stern but she's seems to be trying to shed that image by socializing with the smokers(even though she doesn't smoke) in nearly every episode.
It's probably fair to say that The Smoking Room has stolen ideas and inspiration from other sit-coms.
The Smoking Room uses a much better, though already used one,; The never directly mentioned, long running storyline.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0414773   (729 words)

  
 Cigardude's Smoking Room
This page was first created on May 8, 1996 and will take some time to evolve, so if you are into cigars you might want to check back every once in a while to see what's up.
It is always nice to know what other people are smoking and what they think of the cigars because the more information that you have, the easier it will be for you to choose your next cigar.
I have a hard time putting in to words what I think of the cigars that I smoke, and I also tend to use the same few words over and over.
www.geocities.com /NapaValley/1070   (507 words)

  
 Smoking Room (2002)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This film received the Spanish Goya award for best new director, the Malaga Film Festival gave the award of best screenplay, best performance of a group of actors and the Jury prize to this film.
The most important thing in this film is not the question if somebody can have a smoking room in a business ofice.
The interesting thing about this film are the moral issues.The dialogue is so inspired that it is almost unbelievable.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0326174   (304 words)

  
 BBC America - The Smoking Room About   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Set entirely in the smoking room of a large company, the UK's latest comedy hit explores the personal foibles and suppressed longings of an odd assortment of characters.
seem to spend their entire day in the smoking room.
The Smoking Room brings together personnel of all ranks.
www.bbcamerica.com /genre/comedy_games/the_smoking_room/the_smoking_room_about.jsp   (150 words)

  
 WTAP | Smoke Free, or Smoking Room?
As of October 1, 2005, many businesses in our area will be going smoke-free, while others will be utilizing a separate, completely enclosed room just for smoking.
The Health Department requires the smoking section in restaurants to have a partisan that extends from the ceiling to the floor and also a separate ventilation system for heating and cooling.
They could've chosen to be considered a bar: have smoking until 2008, but not let allow anyone in under 18.
www.wtap.com /news/headlines/1832062.html   (437 words)

  
 designing a smoking room :) - CANNABIS.COM Message Boards - Quality Marijuana and Hemp Information
So I had the great idea of making a smoking room* for anyone who likes to smoke anything.
*smoking inside in Malta is illegal unless the place has adequate ventilation and very few bars have smoking areas (which are legal).
i think you need a room where the only way to get in is through a closethave a window with ac in there a ceiling fan and exaust fan a water facuet(it you want to grow and smoke in same room ;-) ;-)) and a mni fridge for munchies just my 2 cents
boards.cannabis.com /showthread.php?t=56073   (1147 words)

  
 PoughkeepsieJournal.com - Study: 'Smoking room' won't shield asthmatic kids
Simply moving to another room to smoke in the family home won't do much to protect asthmatic children, a new study finds.
Most of the parents in the study said their health-care providers had asked them about smoke exposure in the home, but only 40 percent said they had been asked about smoke exposure in the car, where concentrations of cigarette smoke are higher than in the home.
Few of the parents said their health-care providers had offered them resources to help them quit smoking.
www.poughkeepsiejournal.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060319/NEWS07/603190332   (392 words)

  
 St. Cloud State closes smoking room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A student government poll taken last year found that 57.8 percent of students were in favor of closing the room, known as the Apocalypse Room.
Katherine Lust, the principal investigator of the University of Minnesota and Boynton Health Service's 2005 CORE survey on tobacco, alcohol and other drug use, said 29.7 percent of the students surveyed at 17 two-year and four-year state institutions had used tobacco in the past 30 days.
Starting Thursday, smoking on the St. Cloud State campus will be limited to the outdoor entrances of designated buildings.
www.kstp.com /article/stories/S12249.html?cat=1   (150 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The Smoking Room [Audiobook]: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
When initially aired on BBC3, "The Smoking Room" met with critical and popular acclaim.
In the world of work, there is only one place where seniority means nothing and shop talk is banned - the smoking room.
But having only the soundtrack really brings home how packed with great gags The Smoking Room is. It's very tightly written and continues to amuse without the actors' expressions and the odd slapstick moment.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0563510242   (403 words)

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