[SheLion]

I've been look for the 29 states that have what's called "Lifestyle Rights Laws" which protect against discriminating against smokers.

Below are two articles showing examples of the growing trend by
employers refusing to hire smokers.  Hopefully, from these clear
cases of discrimination, the states not already protected will prompt
state legislatures to adopt "lifestyle" (smokers rights) statutes
too.

First, employer discrimination against smokers in Michigan is causing
anger among employment lawyers.

"To have an employer monitor legal behavior is going over a line that
we just can't cross. It's going toward that Big Brother mentality
that we just need to stay away from," asserted Joni Thome, an
employment attorney at Halunen & Associates in Minneapolis who hopes
the recent Michigan policy prompts state legislatures to adopt
lifestyle statutes.

Michigan is one of 21 states that do not have such laws. Others
include California, Florida, Ohio and Texas. 

The 29 states that do have smokers' rights statutes, also known
as "lifestyle rights laws," which prohibit employers from
discriminating against smokers are Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri,
Oklahoma, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, Nevada and Oregon.
                                                                     
          # # #

Also, in Florida the police departments in Bayonet Point, Dade City,
Port Richey, Zephyrhills, Brandon, Plant City, Tampa and Ybor City
will no longer hire smokers.   
"Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee and Pasco County Sheriff Bob
White won't hire people who are smokers, cigar users or tobacco
chewers, even if they only indulge when off-duty. Sworn deputies
already on the force will be encouraged to toss their Marlboros and
Camels whenever on duty and in public."

[RasterMaster]

Thanks! That certainly contained what I was looking for!

[rocksblues]

Smokers have no rights. Next overweight people will have no rights. Then people with diabetes will have no rights. Then anybody that gets sick will have no rights. The list will expand overtime!

As a lifelong Camel smoker I would appreciate it if you would put me on your smoker ping list!

[Zon]

The root of the problem: property rights and free association. Property owners may ban smokers or permit smokers on their property. That government and many people on these threads don't believe in property rights is obvious. 

Many people defend property rights when it suits their needs but turn around and argue against property rights when it suits their needs. The government has no business regulating smoking in a business. 

No person is forced to be a customer or employee and each is free to say no and leave or not enter. The business has the same right. It can open the door to a person or tell a customer or employee to leave. A customer, employee and business can refuse the other for any reason or no reason. 

A customer doesn't have to give a reason why it chooses not to patronize a particular business. An employee doesn't have to give a reason why they chose to leave a particular business. A business doesn't have to give a reason why they chose to tell a customer or employee to leave. 

Apparently an irrational thought process causes some people to think that businesses don't have the right to tell a person to leave the business.

Some people seek the strong arm of government and legal actions to violate property rights and free association.

Unfortunately, most people don't understand that the issue is property rights and free association so they argue almost everything but The Point.

The Point: protect and defend property rights and free association.