[SheLion]

What I do object to, however, is the way the smokers congregate JUST OUTSIDE the building door, so if you want in or out, you MUST go through that smoke. Why not move, say, 15 feet to the side? They'd still be under shade, and I wouldn't have to be smoked up to get to work or lunch.

You know what? If the highly paid professional anti-smokers hadn't kicked smokers outside to smoke, we never would have had this problem!

Smokers had their smoking lounges, out of the view of the public, and no one had to walk through "cigarette smoke" to gain access to a building.

So, what do you propose for smokers now?  Where else are they to go?  huh?  It's not smoker's fault that they were kicked outside for all the world to see.  This was not our idea!

[Xenalyte]

I think we should go back to the smoking lounges. It was an ideal solution, as long as the building was properly ventilated and the smoke was contained.

It's not smoker's fault that they were kicked outside for all the world to see. This was not our idea!

I would note, at the risk of being incorrectly labeled an anti-smoker, that smoking is a choice, not a necessity. An employer is under no obligation to accommodate it.