Social club allows smoking yet ensures clean air

Chairman expects private social clubs that allow smoking yet provide clean air to become more popular if pub smoking ban is imposed.

Clean air is important to Faraday Ex-Servicemen's Club in Slough, where half the members are cigarette smokers.

The club's decision to install seven Honeywell high-tech air cleaners has delighted members, says club Chairman, Bill Rafferty.

He explains: "We have the health and comfort of our 1500 members at heart and our clean air policy is attractive to new members.

People can smoke but no-one suffers its smell, discomfort or reported health hazards.

Clean air is important to smokers, as well as non-smokers like me." The self-contained air cleaners were supplied and are serviced by Birmingham-based I.H.S.

(Air Quality) .

The Honeywell units remove volatile organic compounds, dust, smoke, allergens and other pollutants, leaving a cleaner, healthier environment for members and staff.

"The Honeywell air cleaners make an enormous difference.

We never see the smoke haze that used to hang over the dance floor and games room, and your clothes don't smell of smoke afterwards," stressed Mr Rafferty.

Even so, smoking is not allowed behind the bar or by members at the bar.

Mr Rafferty expects private social clubs such as the Faraday - the largest by far in the Slough area - to become more popular in future years, as they will be exempt from the government's proposed smoking restrictions in pubs and restaurants.

"But you can't just sit back.

We invest in members' interests through entertainment, an excellent menu and the club facilities, most recently by revamping the kitchen and providing the new Honeywell air cleaners".

IHS (Air Quality) has been selling Honeywell air cleaners for over 22 years to premises including pubs, clubs, hotels and restaurants.

The cleaners are much more effective than conventional air filters and recirculators because they remove particles electrostatically.

First, larger particles are trapped by a mesh filter, then remaining particles receive an electrostatic charge and are attracted onto aluminium plates like iron filings onto a magnet.

The cleaned air is recirculated, providing a healthier and more comfortable atmosphere in which to socialise, eat and drink.

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