Posted on 01/13/2005 11:53:07 AM PST by bob3443
YOU WON'T GET CANCER FROM ANYONE'S BUTT, OR THEIR CIGARETTE EITHER!
If this lunacy is the best the smokers anywhere anytime can come up with get ready to quit. It is amusing to watch desperate flailing about though.
Let us stay inside our businesses, and you won't have that problem.
Oh, and I do hope you don't walk down any streets that permit internal combustion engines...............
we smoke AND we vote!
Can I get a bumper sticker that says that? LOL
No smoking bans on private property are as ridiculous as the state dictating what color you can paint your living room.
If you can't stick up for your own side, who WILL you stand up for??!!
If the smoker is on your property you are 100% correct. If it is not your property, then you have no right to dictate to that person that they smoke elsewhere.
And 2nd hand smoke does NOT cause cancer. Multiple studies have shown this, including the ultra left, anti smoking World Health Organization studies have concluded such.
Actually I have one. I will see if I have it on my hard drive. If not, I can scan it and post it in here for you to save.
I own the business and I invite you in, why should I not be able to enjoy the company of folks that choose to smoke if I so desire.
Additionally, these smoking bans FORCE the owner of the PRIVATE property to have to exit his PRIVATE property if he happens to be a tobacco smoker.
if you don't like being around smokers, find an establishment that doesn't permit it, or talk to the owner of the ones that do.........keep the government out of it. It may be something you enjoy next.
In several provinces in Canada (most notably in the maritimes) the Provincial governments have passed laws banning heavy perfumes and colognes from the workplace.
Try a face mask filter. Really. Then you can protect yourself from all those nasty pollutants, and we can protect ourselves by identifying and avoiding you on sight.
Everyone wins!!
I was being a smart aleck...I didn't know you actually HAD one! How cool is that?
Thanks! :)
And we want to become more like Canada? WTF? Since when?
fat chance.
the convenient conservatives (gee where else have we seen them) get just as nasty as the HTTer's.
What would this be? I wonder if all employers are going to take on this issue too. Whose rights' trump the rights of others? I just don't understand all of this. We were a population that I thought was geared to the average but it is moving to the few and exceptional. The average simply folds and follows the lead. Maybe this is a reformed smoker getting even.
WHAT A WAY TO KEEP YOUR WORK SITE EXCLUSIVE..peeeuuu!
STATE OF MICHIGAN--Family Independence Agency Memo
To: Grand Tower
Date: January 13, 2005
From: Office of Communications
Subject: Fragrance Free Zone
The fifth floor of the Grand Tower Building has been declared a fragrance free zone and has been posted as such on the first floor elevator area. This means employees and non-employee visitors to the fifth floor must refrain from using perfume, cologne, soap, shampoo and lotion that gives an odor.
There are staff members on that floor with significant health impairments from allergies related to strong odors from these products. Prior exposure to these elements has resulted in employees suffering respiratory distress and an inability to perform in the work environment. For these persons, this is an issue as serious as second hand smoke, which is banned from state buildings.
Please refrain from using this type of product before coming
into work and while at work if you plan to:
· Use fifth floor conference rooms.
· Meet with staff on the fifth floor.
· Deliver material to or otherwise visit the fifth floor.
We understand this prohibition may cause resentment as use of certain soap, shampoo, perfume, cologne and lotion is a matter of personal preference and self-identification. However, because of documented health concerns we ask for your cooperation and understanding on the Grand Tower fifth floor.
Many persons with allergies react negatively to airborne odors. Please be courteous and understanding if this becomes an issue elsewhere. Thank you in advance for your consideration of this important health issue.
Just pointing out what may happen here down the road. The US is usually a couple of decades behind Canada when it comes to socialist programs.
I read about some studies last year showing links between perfume odour and infertility.
Anti-smoking zealots don't care if it's ridiculous to us, though, and that's scary.
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