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Originally Posted by muzicman144
The way the wind is blowing is every state will be smoke free in public very shortly. You won't have to open a partnership across the street, your place will be smoke free the way things are going.
I don't take sides either way!!
muzicman144  |
That is the rub though. Labeling the the building that I paid for, pay taxes on. pay the utilities on, should be labeled a "Public" place. If the government wants to create these kind of restrictions on actual public property, that is for the majority to decide. When it comes to private property, the line seems to get moved.
The only argument that holds any water at all is the health of the employees. All of mine are also smokers, so any health concerns seem to be moot. We have employers in this town currently that will terminate employment if you work for them and don't
quit smoking. Although it hasn't been challenged in court, I think it would hold up in this state because it is an "at will" employment state.
I think I will go the other way and not hire anyone who doesn't smoke. Doing what no one else does has always served me well in the past. If the law passes to ban smoking in bars, I'll just make it a private club of some sort to allow smoking.