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• BAT Egypt, Egyptian Hotel Association sign public place smoking MoU 

British American Tobacco, Egypt (BAT), together with the Egyptian Hotel Association (EHA) in Alexandria and Hurghada, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at providing hotel guests in both cities with designated non-smoking and smoking areas.

Signed in both Hurghada and Alexandria in late 2009, the program has taken immediate effect, and is in place in hotels in both Hurghada and Alexandria.

Building on a similar MoU signed with the South Sinai Governorate in February 2009, the initiative has been developed under the framework of BAT's global "Respecting Choices" program, which ensures that both non-smoking and smoking customers are equally catered to through a mutually beneficial solution. . . .

The "Respecting Choices" project, implemented by BAT in many countries worldwide, targets ETS through two methods: Segregation, which features both smoking and non-smoking areas in the same room, using airflow to limit the spread of smoke; and Separation, which features smoking rooms or lounges, using walls along with airflow techniques to prevent the smoke from spreading.

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Respecting Choices
BAT project to create smoking sections, implemented in many countries worldwide . . . it sez here . . .

As a responsible tobacco company, we believe in working with different entities - whether private or government - to ensure that only consenting adult smokers are exposed to tobacco products. We are delighted to have been able to partner with as influential a body as the Egyptian Hotel Association on such a worthy initiative.
Beverley Spencer-Obatoyinbo, General Manager of BAT Egypt.

It is the responsibility of every hospitality organization to provide its guests with various options, whether they are smokers or non-smokers.
Mr. Waseem Mohiedin, President of the Egyptian Hotel Association (EHA).