Public health advocates estimate health care costs in Utah this year due to smoking will reach $542 million, with an additional $355 million in smoking-related lost productivity.Ĭlosing the smoking rooms will also free up more than 1,200 square feet in the concourses for other purposes-possible retail space, charging stations for electronics, and extra passenger seating. “The current airport terminal is also beyond capacity, and every foot of available space should be used to the best advantage of the traveling public.”

“This is first and foremost an issue of public health, both for travelers and our airport employees, but it is also an issue of space concerns,” said Mayor Biskupski, on the closure plan. The first phase of the Terminal Redevelopment Program is scheduled for completion in 2020. The current designs of the $1.8 billion Terminal Redevelopment Program do not include space for smoking rooms.

The six-month plan will begin on July 5 with the closure of the smoking room in Concourse D, and the final smoking room permanently closing on December 19. Mayor Jackie Biskupski and the Salt Lake City International Airport today announced a plan to phase out the five smoking rooms currently in use in five concourses at the airport.

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