Smoking on a dive boat customer poll

[Jim Lapenta]

Ex smoker. Now even a hint of it causes my throat to tense up. Smoking on a dive boat? I won't be on it.

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[jar546]

Looks like this thread has run its course. The numbers have spoken and spoken loudly. Thank you for the 131 people that voted and everyone who participated in the discussion.

 

[gcarter]

Looks like this thread has run its course. The numbers have spoken and spoken loudly. Thank you for the 131 people that voted and everyone who participated in the discussion.

I find it interesting that the percentage who either don't care or who smoke themselves (~ 42%) is so much higher than the proportion of the population that smokes.

 

[jar546]

Bumping this thread to get more people taking the poll. Thanks.

 

[SailNaked]

I dont like when people smoke on a dive boat, but i also dont like when people smoke at the door to most buildings downtown. if I knew your boat allowed smoking I might try another boat, but I have never asked when booking if a boat allows smoking. I would say have a designated smoking square on the boat, small and at the back.

 

[tamas970]

I am a non-smoker and just run into a heavy-smoking community (on the boat, in the dive center, staff & guests were smoking) during my last trip - I'll never return.

 

[Damselfish]

As much as I hate smoke (besides it being bad for you, it gives me headaches and nausea) - I don't think to check into this as it's something one rarely has to worry about anymore in the US, and in general it hasn't been a big problem. So you may get me once, but if it's a problem I won't be back. I don't think it's something usually specified up front but I should probably think to ask about this, especially with regions/customers where smoking is more common. I have been on a couple liveaboards where smoking was allowed in some bad place (not that there is really any good place) like a common area you couldn't/wouldn't want to avoid and I wouldn't go back without checking current policy.

 

[crosshairs]

I'm a smoker, but I'm one of the courteous smokers ..I would never dream about smoking on a dive boat,even if it were allowed, and seldom if ever smoke around non smokers.

 

[jar546]

I'm a smoker, but I'm one of the courteous smokers ..I would never dream about smoking on a dive boat,even if it were allowed, and seldom if ever smoke around non smokers.

You're a good man. Very courteous.

 

[boulderjohn]

I find it interesting that the percentage who either don't care or who smoke themselves (~ 42%) is so much higher than the proportion of the population that smokes.

If you view ScubaBoard polls in general, you will see that the sampling population seems totally out of line with statistics from the entire population. For example, if you take a ScubaBoard poll on what manner of BCD is used by divers, you will frequently get the notion that more than 50% of the population uses back plates and wings, yet industry statistics indicated that they comprise less than 1% of annual BCD sales.

Surveys of this kind are extremely unscientific.