Smokers - Butt out or pay up

If following your bliss involves lighting a cigarette, you can forget about getting satisfaction on Celebrity Cruises. Beginning in October, smoking will no longer be allowed in cabins and on balconies. And if you're thinking there's a way around the ban, think $250 cleaning fee for violators.

No Smoking in Your CabinMost cruise lines currently allow smoking in cabins, but the tide is starting to turn - Disney, Crystal, Oceania and Peter Deilmann have recently introduced tighter smoking regulations.

Supports of tighter smoking regulations cite last year's fire aboard the Star Princess during the middle of the night. One person died and 11 passengers were injured from a fire that broke out at 3 am off the coast of Jamaica. A smoldering cigarette was the cause.

If you have a cruise booked with Celebrity this coming fall, here's what you'll need to know:

• Cruises beginning October 3: Celebrity Galaxy, Celebrity Infinity, Celebrity Mercury
• Cruises beginning October 4: Celebrity Summit
• Cruises beginning October 5: Celebrity Constellation
• Cruises beginning October 6: Celebrity Century, Celebrity Millennium

Celebrity Equinox and Solstice will ban smoking in all cabins and balconies from launch.

We think it's about time cruise lines smartened up about banning smoking in cabins and on balconies. Smoking may still be legal, but on a ship it can be downright annoying - especially if you (a non-smoker) share a balcony with a smoker.

Do you think smoking should be banned wholesale on ships? Of do you think it's time non-smokers just stopped complaining and drop it already?

No denying it's a red-hot topic. Which side do you stand on?