[xrp]

Well, the employer is a private entity. If you don't like it, don't work there or take your kids to a hospital where the employees are allowed to smell like dead ass.

Face it, lingering cigarette smoke smells HORRIBLE and there is a certain level of hygene to be expected from people who work in the health care industry, especially around children.

You wouldn't want someone who eats chili all day and farts all day around you taking care of you would you? How about someone who showers once a month and exercises daily (sweating a lot of stink up)? How about someone who changes underwear once a month?

P.U.

[Arkie2]

So you advocate banning people who eat objectionable foods next? Like I said, the beat goes on and you appear to be one of the drummers.

[Judith Anne]

I'm a light smoker, 4-5 per day. I never smoke during the 12-1/2 hours I spend at work, I am always clean, and many do not know that I smoke. I can smell smoke on the clothes of visitors who are smokers, but it doesn't offend me. I can smell smoke on patients, after they've gone outside to smoke (making them go outside when they're sick is grounds for a lawsuit, somewhere, imho) and it doesn't bother me.

I don't want to quit smoking. I've found, over the years, that due to being busy, long shifts, etc., I smoke a lot less than when I was a kid. But I don't patronize ANY restaurant that doesn't permit smoking.

And I think some people make a career out of pretending to be harmed by a whiff of smoke somewhere. It's ridiculous.
It's bullying behavior. Smokers have rights, but until the 25% of us Americans who smoke stand up for ourselves, you won't know it.

Some days, after listening to all the propaganda and wierd science, I think I'd vote for a democrat, if they would just stop the nicotine wars. Then I come to my senses, and remind myself that democrats are the ones who want all that extra pack-tax money for their entitlement programs, and for lining the pockets of lawyers who want those billion-dollar settlements.

[Old Professer]

So then, you propose to ban the eating of chili?