Denver International Airport Goes Smoke-Free with Closure of Last Remaining Smoking Lounge

DENVER – March 1, 2018 – Denver International Airport’s (DEN) is now a smoke-free facility with today’s closure of the last remaining smoking lounge. The Smokin’ Bear Lodge Smoking Lounge, located in the center of Concourse C, closed due to the end of its lease agreement.

Designated smoking areas at the airport are now only located outside the Jeppesen Terminal on levels 4, 5 and 6. Smoking outside of designated areas, including the use of e-cigarettes, is prohibited on airport property. There are also designated smoking areas on level 2 outside the Westin service doors on the east and west sides.

“We support Mayor Michael B. Hancock’s efforts to create a healthier Denver by becoming a smoke-free facility,” airport CEO Kim Day said. “This journey began in 2012 with the initial closure of three other indoor smoking lounges, and today we are completing that goal with the closure of the last smoking lounge. We look forward to transitioning the C Concourse smoking lounge into an exciting new restaurant in the months to come.”

In becoming smoke-free, DEN joins more than 600 other airports nationwide as a 100-percent smoke-free facility, according to the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.

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