If you own or run a hotel, you strive to cater to all your guests’ wishes. However, sometimes, their safety and the safety of other visitors is more important. For example, if you allow some customers to smoke in their rooms or anywhere inside the hotel, it could jeopardize commercial fire protection, in addition to causing other problems. The guide below looks at why you should make your business a non-smoking one.

4 Reasons Smoking Indoors Is a Risk

1. It’s a Fire Hazard

A hotel room is filled with flammable materials. Allowing your guests to smoke, even in designated rooms, increases the likelihood of a fire. There’s no way to ensure that every guest will properly extinguish their cigarette—and whether it ends up in an ashtray dangerously close to the curtains or in a trash can filled with receipts and paper towels, it poses an unnecessary risk.

2. It Can Falsely Set Off Fire Alarms

Part of your commercial fire protection plan should be to have fire alarms installed throughout your hotel, including in each of the rooms. Even if a guest is smoking in an area that is designated for it, the fumes can cause their fire alarm to go off. This can be an unnecessary disruption to other visitors, especially if it happens late at night.

3. Smoke Can Ruin Furniture

You invest a lot of money in your hotel, including the cost of beautifully furnishing each of the rooms. Allowing guests to smoke will cause upholstered furniture to become dingier faster. You are then left with the dilemma of deep-cleaning or replacing these pieces or leaving a negative impression on the next customer. 

4. It Can Harm Others’ Respiratory Health

In addition, fumes from cigarettes can harm the health of non-smokers, including the cleaning staff who will come in every day to make the bed and replenish the bathroom products. Up to 2.5 million Americans die each year as a result of second-hand smoke. Therefore, it’s worthwhile to limit possible exposure within your facility.

GMW Fire Protection in Anchorage, AK, has provided commercial fire protection to area residents for over 15 years. Turn to them for fire sprinkler systems, fire alarms, emergency exit lighting, and more to make your hotel as safe as possible. They can also repair malfunctioning commercial fire protection systems. Give them a call today at (907) 336-5000 or visit their website to learn more about their offerings.