Smoking Receptacles: Becoming a must have piece of restaurant equipment!

            As you may have noticed many states in the United States have started a smoking ban in bars and restaurant. Smoking bans are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, which restrict tobacco smoking in workplaces and public spaces. States where the smoking ban is already in effect either in the entire state or in a county include: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Many more states are jumping on the bandwagon so it’s important to think about restaurant equipment to accommodate the new laws and ordinances. Of course every state has it’s own rules and stipulations. A good place to reference to find out more details would be your own state’s website or try searching on wikipedia  I suggest this link in particular for wikipedia

In most instances this means that all of your smokers will be outside. Unless your restaurant or bar has a beer garden this also usually means that the smokers will be outside your front door. I suggest picking out some kind of smoking receptacle  for smokers to put out and put away their cigarettes, cigars or other manner of tobacco smoking devices. It is important to have something so that all tobacco-smoking devices are put out correctly and safely. It is also important to not have cigarette butts or cigar butts littering your front entrance or anywhere on your property.

            The good news is you have several options in terms of restaurant equipment to choose from. You can get trashcans that come equipped with a sand urn on top to a freestanding receptacle that extinguishes and stores safely until you empty it. Smoking receptacles are very helpful in maintaining a clean and safe environment for your customers to smoke-in and a pleasant entry for non-smoking customers on their way in or customers dining/drinking in your outdoor seating.

            Here is an example of a L’Ashcan Sand Urn

Here is an example of an outdoor receptacle called the Smoker’s Cease Fire

Here is an example of an outdoor, wall mount Smoker’s Post

 As far as restaurant equipment goes, a smoking receptacle is now a necessary item! You can reference any of the smoking receptacles available or any restaurant equipment at www.servu-online.com