We have designated the whole Kona Comfort house as “No Smoking”.
Secondary effects of smoking may not be understood by those who don’t experience them. They can range from mild to severe, such as an itching irritation of the eyes to more serious lung and allergic reactions that feel like a cold, allergy or flu. When someone is sensitive to cigarette smoke it can make their breathing labored and contribute to ashma, colds, ear infections, etc.
We realize that people will book and occupy the rentals and still may smoke or have a guest that will come to visit that will smoke. There is no practical way to “police” the policy.
So as a practical alternative we would ask that if you or someone in your group must smoke that they take great care to go a far enough distance from the premises and be watchful that none of the smoke is blowing back to reach the house or into any windows. We have a great amount of outdoor space and you can walk toward the street entrance or go toward the back yard.
Sometimes guests do not realize that our property extends past the grass onto the gravel section in the back. It goes all the way to the back rock wall.
If you are using one of the lower level spaces, please exit and smoke only far away from the house.
If you are using the upper level spaces, the massive back lanai may give you a covered space to smoke. Please watch the winds and make sure the smoke is blowing away and out from the house, not coming back in or drifting down. The front lanai you must be careful that no smoke blows back into the house or under the house where windows feed air into the other rentals. If you use the front lanai, you should consider closing the dining room windows, the windows near the keyboard, and shutting the double front doors (while you remain outside).
Thank you for you understanding and thank you for cooperating in advance.
If you do smoke you can go outside as long as the smoke will not blow back into any part of the house.
Actually Hawaii has prohibited smoking in any public area (including restaurants, stores, balconies of rentals) now for several years (November 2006) and I believe the rule is you need to go 20 feet away from windows, doorways, common areas — easy enough to do on our property. Our property is safe so if you do smoke this should not present a safety issue — and if you don’t smoke you’ll appreciate that the insides don’t have smoke leftovers and smell.