Air pollution at Harvey’s Wine Bar in Folkestone was much lower than in other pubs tested nationwide for effects of passive smoking by a Sunday newspaper.What the surprised Sunday Mirror investigators hadn’t noticed was the bar’s three high-tech Honeywell air cleaners, which remove smoke,volatile organic compounds,dust,smoke,allergens and other pollutants,leaving a cleaner,healthier environment for staff and patrons.
The report published in the Sunday Mirror said:“For some reason Harvey's Wine Bar fared better than the rest.Several friends did their best to blow smoke in my face during our visit,but the reading ‘only’ registered the equivalent of one cigarette in three hours.”In spite of these efforts to induce passive smoking,the effect was still small and less than a third of the other typical ‘smoking’ bars they tested.
Bar Manager,Bob Mills,observed:“Most regulars are smokers and we respect their wish to smoke.I’m a non-smoker so I’m delighted we have the Honeywell cleaners,which do a great job in removing smoke and pollutants.” The cleaners were installed and are serviced by Colchester-based Inn-House Technology.
Mills said it would be commercial suicide for Harvey’s to ban smoking,either voluntarily or if it was required to.“Smoking is an important part of customers’social habits.They wouldn’t come back if we banned it.”
There is more to air treatment than air conditioning and ventilation says Honeywell.Its air cleaners actively remove pollutants and supply the clean air over a large area,unlike ventilators which only move air and unlike air conditioners which only cool air and adjust humidity.
