Hello all, the smoking issue will never go away. I don't smoke I stopped many years ago. My wife does smoke, and we do not go on cruise lines that do not allow smoking in the casino or on your own balcony. I recommend that the people bothered by smoke use these cruise lines, and leave the few left with reasonable smoking rules alone. If the rules on all ships become to difficult , cruising will no longer be fun for her and our cruising days will be over. In addition to shopping she spends a lot of time in the casino can the cruise lines do without the extra revenue? I wonder? Does any one remember the Carnival paradise, she was a non smoking ship for a short while. Lost money, and now has the same rules as all Carnival ships. Mike