I have asthma and it is a real impediment to my playing with my friends at a bar in Newport, RI. I wish it were smoke free, but that is nearly impossible here in RI. I don't play there in the winter when the doors are closed and their smoke remover is on (what a joke). In the summer, we singers and players turn off the smoke remover and open the doors - works much better and i am able to tolerate an evening of lessened smoke while I sing. Diana