Smoking

[janecambridge]

Wondering if the government bans smoking in certain outdoor spaces, will it be banned on British Saga cruise ships? 

[Windsurfboy]

Doubt it. No jurisdiction. 

 

Never really  bothered me. At sea blown away.

 

However odd complaint about smoke on port days effecting balconies of cabins by there , Aft suites.

 

When in port perhaps they could think about where to put smoking so that it's blown away from  ship. But that's a bit of effort.

 

 

[Brummijam]

I would be more concerned about the smoke that the ships put out than what cigarette smokers emit.🤷🏻‍♂️

[Denarius]

1 hour ago, Windsurfboy said:

Doubt it. No jurisdiction. 

 

Never really  bothered me. At sea blown away.

 

However odd complaint about smoke on port days effecting balconies of cabins by there , Aft suites.

 

When in port perhaps they could think about where to put smoking so that it's blown away from  ship. But that's a bit of effort.

 

 

I am not an expert in maritime law, but I am sure that someone will correct me of I am wrong. But it is my understanding that cruise ships are subject to the laws of the country in which they are registered, and both SofA and SofD are registered in the United Kingdom and therefore subject to UK law (when in port they are also subject to the laws of the country in which they are docked).

[janecambridge]

Denarius. Exactly my  thoughts . 

[chengkp75]

5 hours ago, Denarius said:

when in port they are also subject to the laws of the country in which they are docked).

When in port, they are subject to some of the laws of the port country.  There is a very large gray area of overlap between port state jurisdiction and flag state jurisdiction.

 

But, yes, as the ships are UK flag, they would fall under UK laws.