Give me a break. You're the clueless one. The article was clearly about a private employer setting standards for their employees. If you want tot talk about government, lawsuits, regulations, etc, etc, then go find one of the threads in FR related to the NYC ban on smoking and post there. I've already done so and you will see that my posts VEHEMENTLY defend a private business's RIGHT to have a business that allows smoking. Also you apparently failed to read my other posts where I said that tobacco products are unfairly taxed and regulated. There was a study done, I don't recall the source, but it cited that the high taxes on smoking actually are causing smokers to subsidize the health care industry. In short, they put in more money than they take out. Yes, I have a problem with that!
But again, you, a drug addict, see a "no smoking" sign somewhere and your emotional, knee-jerk Jesse Jackson like response is to cry out that you are being oppressed and that your rights are being trampled on.
To summarize: A private employer should be able to set guidelines for their employees. An employee also should be able to go find another job if he/she does not like the guidelines set down by the employer.
Take that back right now or I'm hitting the abuse button.