[tdadams]

I am completely opposed to government imposed smoking bans. However, when private companies, such as Lowe's and Hasbro, want to ban smoking on their premises, I completely support them.

It is their company, their property. No one is entitled to a job with those companies. If a person can't abide by the rules set up by the company for workplace conduct, they need to find employment elsewhere.

I don't blame companies one bit for doing whatever they can to discourage smoking. The company pays the insurance bills. They are losing productivity when people go out to smoke. It's a matter of economics.

And it's true what the article says, it's not fair to non-smokers that smokers can go out for a break every hour or so. If a non-smoker goes outside and just lingers around socializing, they'd get reprimanded for it.

[LisaMalia]

I don't blame companies one bit for doing whatever they can to discourage smoking. The company pays the insurance bills.

Obesity is now the number one killer of Americans. Is Lowes going to remove all vending machines from their break areas?

[SheLion]

However, when private companies, such as Lowe's and Hasbro, want to ban smoking on their premises, I completely support them.

Then you agree that these are "private property's?"  Then you also believe that restaurants are also "private property's" and should be run the way the business owner decides, and not the state government?

The company pays the insurance bills. They are losing productivity when people go out to smoke. It's a matter of economics.

Ahhh. Wrong.  I pay for my own insurance.  Always have.  If I got sick, my insurance paid for me.  Not my place of employment.

If a non-smoker goes outside and just lingers around socializing, they'd get reprimanded for it.

Read my previous posts.

[Skooz]

am completely opposed to government imposed smoking bans. However, when private companies, such as Lowe's and Hasbro, want to ban smoking on their premises, I completely support them.

It is their company, their property. No one is entitled to a job with those companies. If a person can't abide by the rules set up by the company for workplace conduct, they need to find employment elsewhere.

I agree completely. It is private property. The wishes of the property owner must be respected. I don't allow smoking in my home, and this is little different.

[metesky]

You and I, as non-employees, can smoke in our cars and walking through the parking lot at Lowes. We just can't smoke in their building.
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