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New Wisconsin hotel smoking ban: big fines, no choice
Wisconsin has just cracked down on smokers from out of state. It's only the second state with a smoking ban that applies to every hotel room in the state. This differs from most smoking bans, like the one in Kansas, in which the properties can allow smoking in a certain percentage of guestrooms. Michigan is the only other state with a hotel smoking ban this severe. The hotel business in Wisconsin wasn't thrilled about the legislation and did push against it. The greatest challenge, however, seems to be convincing the guests that it's not a scam – that the ban is actually the law. It's a lesson worth learning, for guests, because the consequences are severe. Notes USA Today:
[photo by ell brown via Flickr]Wisconsin's roughly 2,000 hotels post signs declaring their building a non-smoking facility. They're also requiring guests to initial a statement promising to comply or face paying a fee. Hotels are charging penalty fees anywhere from $100 to $300, she said.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bob Sep 5th 2010 1:03PM
Are the wood buring fireplaces banned too?
Elle Sep 28th 2010 11:16AM
Wisconsin idiot-ites.
Bob Sep 5th 2010 1:07PM
Michigan too? I used to love going to the yooper land from Chicago.
Elle Sep 28th 2010 11:15AM
My husband used to love going to Wisconsin, but now we'll go elsewhere. I didn't realize what an effed up state this was until they banned smoking in all hotel rooms. Gives new meaning to "cheeseheads."
Claudia Livas Oct 23rd 2010 4:47PM
This is just another example of government interference in personal freedom and the right to choose. This kind of thing terrifies me. What about people with body odor, obese people raising health costs, alcohol drinking at all (addiction, health costs, family destruction, missed employment days, impaired and unacceptable behavior to EVERYONE, co-workers, spouses, children, other drivers etc. I'd much rather have a smoking airline pilot than a drunk one! Yhis is just plain ridiculous and has finally gone too far. These laws must be rescinded. Are these not staates that depend on tourist dollars? Minnesota and other surrounding states must be cheering these idiots. What have they just done to their constituents and their livelihoods?