5 of 8 W.Va.-run park lodges expected to be totally smoke free in 2009; follows national trend
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Intro: Five out of West Virginia's eight state-run park lodges are expected to be completely smoke free next year, a move that follows a trend in the nation's hospitality industry.
The initiative is "customer driven," says Blair Taylor, the lodge and resort parks administrator with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.
Smoking rooms are always the last to fill up and even some smokers are reluctant to book smoking rooms because of the lingering odor, he said. . . .
National hotel chains such as Westin and Marriott say they've been praised by guests since they decided to go completely smoke free two years ago.
State park guests will benefit greatly from West Virginia's decision to follow the trend, said Bruce Adkins, director of the state Division of Tobacco Prevention.
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