In the case of Nineteen Day Feasts or meetings of Assemblies
or committees, it is not right that friends who find smoking offensive should
be made to endure it in Bahá'í meetings that they are required or expected to
attend. If certain individuals feel that they must smoke, then arrangements,
such as a break in the meeting, could be made for their convenience. It would,
of course, be entirely inappropriate to smoke during the devotional part of a
Feast, or at any other devotional gathering.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated March 4, 1974, published in National Bahá'í Review,
September 1986; compilation: Developing Distinctive Baha’i Communities, NSA of
USA, 1998 edition)