Non-smoking

We want a table in the non-smoking section.

The practice of labelling non-smoking compartments originated in Great Britain on the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, which made the innovation on March 1, 1920. Compartments so labelled had been a familiar feature on Continental railways for many years before that time.

A recent public-opinion poll in local trains to and from representative large cities showed 52 per cent of passengers to prefer travel in non-smoking and 38 per cent in smoking accommodation, whilst 10 per cent expressed indifference. The percentage varied considerably according to the region; in the Karlsruhe area 60 per cent preferred non-smoking accommodation and only 27 per cent preferred to smoke.

It amused me, by the way, when I was told on the Jacobite steam service in Scotland that "this is a non-smoking train". I was looking up at the sky and saw a quarter-mile-long duvet of steam and smoke that the locomotive had laid there.

We have a room for a non-smoking tenant.

Yes, your Honor: non-smoking has been our policy in all of our hotel rooms for at least twenty years, and Mr Jones clearly knew that.

Regular exercise, a healthy diet, moderation of alcohol use, non-smoking, and annual checkups can all reduce the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.