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LadyTiffany | 16:37 Thu 25th Aug 2016 | Travel
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Does anyone know if you can smoke on the balcony of your cabin on a cruise ship.
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Yes.......you can.
I would imagine cruise ships make money out of selling duty-free tobacco products?
some you can, some you can't, ask first. The ones who stop you will be the people next door or upstairs who won't want to be breathing in smoke when they're on their own balconies. You can be thrown off the ship

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/daughter-says-sick-dad-was-kicked-off-po-cruise-abandoned-after-ciggie-flick-20160617-gpljz2.html
Lie-in King's link gives the best info:

http://www.cruisecritic.co.uk/articles.cfm?ID=225

For a specific company's policy, Google the name of the company followed by the word "smoking" e.g.

royal caribbean smoking

which gives this page (first, followed by others):

https://www.royalcaribbean.co.uk/frequently-asked-questions/

which gives this advice:

For the comfort and enjoyment of our guests, our ships are designated as non-smoking; however, we recognise that some of our guests smoke. Therefore, to provide an onboard environment that also satisfies smokers, we have designated certain public areas of the ship as ""smoking areas"".

Smoking in public areas is only permitted in designated smoking sections which vary from ship to ship. Generally, smoking is permitted outdoors on only one side of the ship. To assist in locating areas where smoking is permitted, you will find visible signage posted within all smoking areas and ashtrays that are provided for your use. The location of all smoking venues can also be found in the daily Cruise Compass; or you may contact Guest Services once on board.

For your safety, smoking is not permitted inside any stateroom or on any private balconies. Smoking is not permitted in any dining venue, food outlet, theatre, hallway or corridor; nor in Central Park, The Boardwalk® or The Jogging Track on Oasis Class ships; nor in the H2O Zone on Oasis and Freedom Class ships. A USD 250 cleaning fee will be applied to the SeaPass account if smoking has occurred inside staterooms or on private balconies. Royal Caribbean International kindly asks all guests to please observe the non-smoking areas and to refrain from smoking pipes or cigars in any of the public areas. These requests are made to provide a comfortable shipboard environment for everyone. Guests who violate this smoking policy may be subject to further action pursuant to the ""Consequences Section"" of our Guest Conduct Policy.

Pipe and cigar smoking is only permitted within the outer decks and the Cigar lounge. (If no Cigar lounge exists on a particular ship, there will be a designated outside area allowing pipe and cigar smoking).

A guest must be at least 18 years of age to purchase, possess or use tobacco products onboard. Cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco must always be properly disposed of and never thrown overboard.

At times, we may have to adjust our smoking policy to comply with the laws of a country we are sailing from. This information will be provided once you board.

Our new policy became effective for all sailings that departed on or after 1st January 2014

Please note, starting with all sailings which departed on or after 1st January 2014, our revised smoking policy is as below:

Cigarette, cigar, e-cigarette and pipe smoking is permitted in designated outdoor areas of the starboard side of all ships; with the exception of Oasis-class ships
that will allow smoking on the port side of the ships in the designated outside area.

To assist in locating areas where smoking is permitted, guests will find visible signage posted within all smoking areas and ashtrays that are provided for use. Outdoor areas near restricted areas, food venues, and kids play areas and pools will not allow smoking. On Oasis-class, smoking is not permitted in Central Park or the Boardwalk neighborhoods.

Casino Royale allows smoking and has a designated area for non-smoking guests. There will be visible signage indicating the non-smoking area in the casino. There are select cruises departing from China that will not have a non-smoking area in the casino.

Onboard all interior public spaces are smoke free*. Smoking is not permitted in any dining venue, theater, bar, lounge, hallway, elevator, and jogging track. Smoking is not permitted inside any stateroom or on any stateroom balcony. This applies to all stateroom categories onboard.

If a guest is in violation of this stateroom policy, a cleaning
Most of the big lines (Royal Carribean, Celebrity, NCL, P&O) you can't smoke anywhere apart from the designated areas. This includes no smoking on your balcony. They do have cameras monitoring the outside of the ship, so you may be caught. Thats the rules, however I have seen many people smoking on their balcony with apparently no ill effects (aside from the normal damage to your health!). Up to you if you want to risk the wrath of your neighbours!!
a cleaning fee of $250 USD will be applied to their SeaPass® account and may be subject to further action pursuant to the "Consequences Section" of the Guest Conduct Policy. Cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco must be properly disposed of and never thrown overboard. Cigar & pipe tobacco is limited to designated outdoor areas and Cigar Bars**.

You must be at least 18 years of age to purchase, possess or use tobacco onboard. Electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes are only permitted within the designated smoking areas.

Royal Caribbean International kindly asks all guests to please observe the smoking policy. These requests are made to provide a comfortable cruise for everyone. Guest may also inquire at Guest Services for the location of the designated smoking areas onboard. Guests who violate this smoking policy may be subject to further action pursuant to the "Consequences Section" of this Guest Conduct Policy.

Royal Caribbean updated the smoking policy July 2013 and the above policy is in enforcement on all ships with cruises departing on or after January 1, 2014.

*Mariner of the Seas and Voyager of the Seas offer one indoor smoking venue. Onboard Mariner of the Seas
guest can smoke at the Connoisseur Club located on Deck 5. Onboard Voyager of the Seas guest can smoke at
The Vault, nightclub, located on Deck 3.

**Cigar Bars on Royal Caribbean International are called the Connoisseur Club and are featured on the
Freedom Class and Voyager Class ships.
You can smoke on your balcony on HAL, Costa, Seabourn and Saga still.
Good link LIK - bookmarked for when I fancy cruisin'.
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My major argument against smoking of any kind on any ship is the natural tendency to flip a discarded cigarette over the side into the sea.

Except, with winds at sea, a glowing ember can very easily be blown back onto the ship a few decks down, and un-noticed, start a fire.

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