[Alan]

Changes to P&O Cruises smoking policy - 12 Aug 2009
For all of us at P&O Cruises the safety, comfort and enjoyment of our passengers has always been our priority. Since the introduction of UK legislation regarding smoking inside public spaces, we have been monitoring the reaction of our passengers to smoking in our ships and had introduced a non-smoking policy on board Artemis, Oceana and Ventura which has proved to be very successful.

Since this policy was introduced and as a direct result of feedback from our passengers, it has become increasingly apparent that the acceptance of smoking inside our ships has now declined to such anextent that we have decided to implement a complete non-smoking policy in inside public spaces on board all P&O Cruises ships.


Smoking will no longer be permitted inside any areas of the ship including passenger staterooms. Smoking will still, however, be allowed on stateroom balconies and on certain areas of the open deck.