[Gabz]

Dr. Susan Swartz, medical director at the state's Center for Tobacco Independence, said that taverns will save on cleaning costs and have healthier and more productive employees. She also said that bar owners should be able to tap into a new group of customers.

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Employees outside with their customers doesn't strike me as improving productivity.........

[eXe]

Or like we did when I waited tables in NYC when they tried the first smoking ban, we would sneek a smoke in the bathroom. Sure did not make anyone more productive.

While I lived in California, I was amazed to see how many employees would slip off into the bathroom for a smoke no matter how "illegal" it was.

[lewislynn]

Employees outside with their customers doesn't strike me as improving productivity

You're right. Employee's who are outside worried more about having a cigarette than worried about the customers who are inside should be fired.