Let the smokers inhale their carcinogens outside and in their smoking cells at airports. This is still a free country. But for goodness sake, don't let them fire up their cancer sticks in a hotel room, where the odors saturate the bed, curtains, furniture, carpet, towels and sheets. No amount of washing will remove the smell. You wake up the next morning and you smell like smoke and your clothes smell like smoke.
Cigarettes have no place in rental cars, either.
Car rental companies try to cover the stench with sprays and solutions, but it just makes it worse. On a recent trip to Colorado, my rental car reeked of ginger and cigarettes. I had to keep the window open all the time. Md. His column appears on Tuesdays. Click here for Terms of Use and Privacy Policy applicable to this site.