[SheLion]

Really? Wow, that is a strict policy.....I believe this is the first I've heard of a policy like that.....Where is that plant?

Michigan. Isn't this horrible?

SAPPI Paper Mills went completely smoke free 1 July as well. The employees were told that if they "are caught smoking ANY where on the grounds, they will be terminated!"

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

SAPPI Paper Mills went completely smoke free 1 July as well. The employees were told that if they "are caught smoking ANY where on the grounds, they will be terminated!"

The reason may be a practical one. Litter. Smokers,as a group, are very filthy. Cigarette butts all over the entranceways, and all over the lawns. The butts far outnumber any other scrap of trash. Maybe the corporations just got tired of cleaning it up.

Don't like it? You can always work elsewhere.

[waterstraat]

SAPPI Paper Mills went completely smoke free 1 July as well. The employees were told that if they "are caught smoking ANY where on the grounds, they will be terminated!"

Why cant they terminate fat people? Anyone 10 pounds overweight is fired. Obesity causes more deaths than any other cause - it is a known health hazard which no one disputes. Fat people are generally slow, thus producing less output which results in lower profits and higher prices affecting everyone, they have higher insurance costs. Fat people are also disgusting, dirty, sweaty, and have no self control. I would hire an industrious smoker that produces and does a good job instead of a fat person any day.