Smoking Ban and Termination
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You can report them to the Illinois Department of Public Health (for violation of the Illinois law) and OSHA (since you are technically working there...even if just contracted and not their...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Smoking is good for you...ask George Burns. It's our food that's gonna kill us.
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Is it a public place, maybe they can smoke in there since it's not public?:dontknow:
Smoking Ban and Termination
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I told the boss, he sent another tech, and 2 months later I get the call again. The other tech is an hour to 1.5 hours away and I was 4 blocks. I am learning that I should not be as nice as I am and...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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:lol:
"If you're old enough to make fire, you're old enough to smoke... and by the way, next American you see, punch him in the nads and demand your $3700!"
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Don't look at me....I don't shop at Meritline :nono2:
That is pretty farkin' ridiculous though. Where the fark does all this foreign "aid" go? Can't we just write "payment toward balance" in the...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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I don't believe I have ever dated a Chinese woman. Good thing--they sound expensive.
Smoking Ban and Termination
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In Illinois we have had a smoking ban for over 4 years which is long enough for everyone to have heard of in our state. I servie copy machines and do network maintenance and am being forced to go...
Smoking Ban and Termination
Thread created 09-17-2012 by TexaS
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Its fine to be allowed to do your own thing with out the government being involved in the privacy of your own home and when you are not farking imposing that disgusting habit on everyone around you.
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Why cite an article that's 11 years old. Wy not look at more currents data
Smoking Ban and Termination
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So does that apply to small business since they have to file their business holdings on their person income tax forms?
I didn't realize it was that old, and I didn't claim it was evidence of...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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So smokers need to be rich enough to own an island? Guess that's why I don't smoke any longer. :lol:
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Again....I'm with you on most of this. The only problem is that with your farming example is that it is the government infringing on the rights of the farmers, whereas here we're talking about one...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Not necessarily. No one is saying that he can't smoke...he most certainly can. However, he just can't do it in an enclosed place of business that affects other people and harms their health long...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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QPLR....and
Smoking is a disgusting habit, but guess what: it's not your right to say which habits people can have around you and which people can't. We have a right to choose. If you don't...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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You don't think companies should have to follow laws that you don't like?
Smoking Ban and Termination
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:roll: The news??? And many laws are found constitutional that are not. The problem is that they are laws on the books so as subjects we are required to adhere to them. If you were a farmer with...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Sorry but this is wrong! It's not just that he doesn't like smoking or the smell of smoke. It's a proven fact that smoking causes cancer. The State of Illinois has taken a stance that workers should...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Exactly. Pro-Choice doesn't apply to smoking, soda, paper or plastic, what kind of cars to drive, the water you drink, which power company you use, GMO foods, etc.. I love progressive logic. It's...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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I liked this thread better when it was about dating Chinese women.
Smoking Ban and Termination
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:iagree:
Exactly! How selfish and narrow-minded do you have to be to assume that your smoking doesn't affect anyone around you? :wave: ;)
Smoking Ban and Termination
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I am the LAST person who wants security over freedom. However, there is a fine line between an individual's freedoms and activities that infringe on the freedoms of others. Smoking causes all sorts...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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:nod:
It gives me a headache and makes my sinuses go bonkers. I'm glad they are cracking down on it in public places.
Smoking Ban and Termination
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:facepalm2: That doesn't work. That's like saying I can smoke on someone else's property as long as I don't blow it on another person's property. And, yes, my point still stands. Come on to my...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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:lol: How can you say that? He doesn't have the right to smoke in his own place on his own private property. So yes....THE LAW is saying that he can't smoke. And it affects HIS customers. ...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Not really. Remember how it was 10-15 years ago? You could smoke on airplanes (maybe more than 10-15 years ago... damn I feel old) and non-smoking restaurants were pretty much non-existent.
Smoking Ban and Termination
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But that would leave only the hippy restaurants. Who would want to eat there? :confused:
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Well, as knowledge of the dangers of smoking (though known back then) are much more prominent now, I doubt we'd go back to that. I believe there would be a selection of places that allow smoking and...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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That goes back to my airport example.
Except here you'd need to have willing employees.
Smoking Ban and Termination
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That's an interesting philosophy. So I can drunk drive, shoot a gun out the window, but as long as it doesn't hit your wife (no crime committed), I haven't done anything illegal?
Smoking Ban and Termination
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I was trying trying to see what you'd respond with due to this comment: ;)
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:lol: I can't help it if you guys don't know your constitution. But to put a finer point on it, a person who uses a firearm is responsible for the bullet no matter where it lands and can be held...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Just doesn't seem worth it.
You lose a job, they get fined a lot.
Just over some smoke?
I mean, come on.. it's not that freaking bad. Just do your job as quicklyi as possible and get out of there.
Smoking Ban and Termination
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chewspam's posts cause cancer.
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Government, please control me moar. kthxbye
Smoking Ban and Termination
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:iagree:.....but at least I didn't say anything about Obama.
Smoking Ban and Termination
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But those people have the option to not go to that business. No one is forcing an individual to go to that particular business for any reason. Those kinds of decisions should be up to the owner of...
Smoking Ban and Termination
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Sorta unrealistic don't you think? Businesses would be able to make their own decisions and cater to the clientele to which they want to cater. Some would allow smoking, some would ban it. :dontknow:
Smoking Ban and Termination
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True....finding people willing to work these days is proving difficult. Especially when they can just live off of the working.
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How do you feel about sweatshops?
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