Non-smoking clubs: do they exist?

[rpu3]

Originally Posted by ohash01

Not to worry - if you live in anywhere in Ohio no more smoking in public places EVER AGAIN. Now - I don't know if clubs count as public places or if they have some "private establishment" provision. But anywhere else will be completely smoke free.

If I read the Smoke Free Prop correctly, private establishments in Ohio will continue to be exempt, as they have already regarding the Columbus smoking ban.

[Tybee Swing]

Originally Posted by nice_cpl_n_bama

Our big reason why we don't spend more time at clubs is smoking. Laurie is allergic to tobacco smoke. If she gets too big a dose of smoke her throat swells up, her eyes swell shut, and she is wheezing for days. She can avoid most of those symptoms by taking benedryl, but then she's sleepy, muddleheaded and not feeling sexy at all. We'd LOVE a non-smoking club.

Bama, we have this problem, too. We take allergy meds before we go to a club (any kind of club), and we use allergy eyedrops, too. But it doesn't help much if we're in it for long, and my sensitivity seems to be getting worse - for days afterward, lately - raspy voice and all. We wish there was a true non-smoking club around us!

Good news, we had email contact with the organizers of the nearest on-premise club to us (we still have to travel, though) - and they have one designated smoking area, the bar - the rest of the club is non-smoking. They said they use smoke-eaters in the bar. Now, it's not a big place at all from what we hear, and it will probably still be smoky enough to have some effect on us (especially if we want a drink), but this is still better than the clubs that have smoking all over the place. Hopefully the dance floor area is very separate from the bar area - but we don't know yet.

Have you checked around your area to see if any of the clubs in your range are at least partially non-smoking? This thread is encouraging, to see that so many of them are truly non-smoking (with outdoor smoking area).

[fun4two2006]

we prefer clubs that are non smoking OR have designated smoking areas AWAY from the dance floor and the play areas.

[avid]

I think I'd fall over from shock if I saw someone smoking inside any building, anywhere.

Where we live, there is no smoking in restaurants, bars, or clubs. In fact, as I understand it, we even have a law against smoking under an AWNING, outside. But I believe you can smoke under an umbrella, go figure.

[BorisNatasha]

Scarlet Ranch in Denver used to have a closed-door room for smokers... but with the recent state law banning smoking inside public buildings, the room has been converted to a sofa lounge. The whole club is now smoke-free. (And we like it better that way!)

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[DandKB]

Originally Posted by ohash01

Not to worry - if you live in anywhere in Ohio no more smoking in public places EVER AGAIN. Now - I don't know if clubs count as public places or if they have some "private establishment" provision. But anywhere else will be completely smoke free.

Never say never. If there's any justice at all, it'll be amended, or just declared unconstitutional. It's an extremist, exclusionary law that should have never made it to the ballot.

[hubnher]

Fort Wayne is about to go non smoking (1 June) pretty much everywhere as well.

[hubnher]

As of June 1, as the website says, Klub Utopia is now all non-smoking due to city regulations.

[sunrise_sunset]

as entire hotel chains go smoke free, swing clubs that have hotel conventions will have to adjust and inform their membership.

[Tybee Swing]

Old thread, I know...but a different angle, and an additional question for any of you who can help, especially in NC, SC, GA and FL.

I just spent a whole day feeling ill and talking with a raspy voice, because we went to a club last night. We were only in there for all of three hours, but the smoke kills me. I just can't take it anymore. My husband fared somewhat better than I did this time, but we both just hate it. I don't want to spend one more night breathing that crap (sorry, but I'm really fed up)! I put some real thought into this today. We are literally going to plan our social lives around the smoke, even if it means interstate travel just to avoid it.

Where we live, we have to travel for a good social scene, anyway. We have to do the 225+ miles NW up to Atlanta, or N/NE up into the Carolinas. Or, we can focus our attention southward into Florida. I think our odds of smoke-free clubs are going to be better looking southward. Can any of you tell us more, in detail, about your clubs in these four states? Are any of them smoke-free? If there's a designated smoking area, is it so centralized that you really can't avoid it - like a bar that's just a few feet away from the dance floor/main social area? Or, is it tucked away in a separate room, or even better, on a screened-in porch or something?

The thing is, we love to dance. We really love it - it's our thing. We would so love to find a place where we can dance and breathe clean air. We'd be on Cloud 9 if we could dance, breathe, laugh, and have a grand time meeting other non-smoking swingers, all under the same roof.

Please help - smoking specifics about clubs in our general area (from about central FL up through the Carolinas), will be sooooo appreciated!