Smoking and air travel

In response to the inquiry about smoking in air terminals, as recently as September ’04 people were smoking in the airports of the Azores. These are, obviously, small places; smokers were not confined to designated sections but present even in the gate areas.

Although we are not smokers, we generally have no objection to the presence of smokers. It did seem to us, nevertheless, that there might be not a health issue but a safety issue here.

S. KUDLICK
Cambridge, MA