I was actually yelled at once when I was smoking in my own car (no passengers).
It’s gone so far it is becoming humorous.
“Smokers are not a protected class” -
Head of the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination when asked to comment on the MassHospitalAssociation’s new policy of testing people for any nicotine - a doctor having an after dinner cigar - in their systems.
presence of any nicotine in your system whether you smoke at work on not - Fired!
BTW, you must’ve been enjoying your smoke - IMO, nothing upsets of the NannyNaziNags more than someone enjoying themselves as opposed to the furtiveness they would prefer.
IMO, one of the scarier comments I have heard from a public official. Symptomatic of an overweening bureacracy and a fascist totalitarian emphasis on individual and public health. - protected class, indeed.
Now we Americans are defined whether we are a protected class? Ya mean my swarthy status don’t count!
HEY! That smoke comes OUT OF YOUR CAR BUDDY and somebody ends up inhaling it.