Quote Originally Posted by amsterdam
Where i work we arent allowed to smoke around the building and I agree with the policy. It looks trashy when clients pull up and there are 25 people smoking. Don't get on the kneejerk bandwagon, you will always be allowed to smoke in the house you OWN. I own a house and would never smoke inside anyhow, it stinks.
I agree that they have a right to set policies that prohibit smoking on their property. It's their property and you're right, for some businesses it looks trashy. I do not agree that they have a right to deny you a job because you smoke based on bogus info about increased health care costs for smokers which smokers have already been paying for years. And it's not kneejerk, where I live the anti smoking nazi's are moving in that direction sure as shit and use every dirty advertising trick in the book to convince folks that smoking is akin to the holocost. They're even worse when it comes to second hand smoke and their silly smoking bans that have closed down more businesses than they care to admit. In california these screwballs have even managed to ban smoking outdoors in some places. It's not governments job to regulate how people run their businesses to that extent and especially bars. I don't smoke in my house anymore either because of my wifes business. I don't like it but she has me on this one.