Smoke-Free Hotel Rooms on the Rise All Across the US

If you can’t stand smoky hotel rooms, there’s actually some good news for you. There are now triple the number of smoke-free hotel rooms in the country compared to three years ago, and several hotel chains are going completely smoke-free.

Twenty-three states have passed laws specifying a minimum percentage of smoke-free rooms in every hotel, with the proportion of non-smoking to smoking rooms on the rise.

Starting this year, all U.S. Sheraton and Four Points hotels will go smoke-free.

That includes hotel restaurants and lobbies.

All Marriott hotels, with brands including the JW Marriott, the Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance and more in the US and Canada are already smoke-free.

The Westin was one of the first hotel chains to ban smoking in its hotels.

There’s even a fine if you get caught.

California is in the lead, with more than 1,000 smoke-free lodgings.

Other states like West Virginia, North Dakota and Nevada lag behind.

To find lodgings that are 100 percent smoke–free, check out FreshStay.com.

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