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Is the travel industry profiting from smoking?

Is the travel industry profiting from smoking?

Those smoke-free promises have gone up in smoke in some places. Now you'll pay to light up — or worse.

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Feb 09, 2025
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If you think your next trip will be smoke-free, think again.

On a visit to a five-star hotel in New Jersey, Cindy Montgomery checked into a room that reeked of cigarette smoke, which aggravated her asthma. Within minutes, she was gasping for air.

But that wasn't the worst of it.

"There was a card on the table in our room that said there's a $250 cleaning c…

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