[truthguy]

Ironically enough, nobody complained about it either! Even the non-smoking employees never said a word!

No you are wrong. I lot of people complained about it. Many of us suffered for years breathing in the horrible smoke. I always hated it and tried to avoid it whenever I could. I chose friends who didn't smoke and never dated a smoker under any circumstances. So finally people had enough and started to make some changes. It took a while to build up the confidence to confront the smokers. Smoke if you want but just don't offend others who don't want to breath in the garbage.

[kelly4c]

Yeah, to be honest I never realized the effect smoke has on a non-smoker until I had to become one myself. I took it for granted because I never knew any better, I’d been a smoker since 12. I’m weird in that I actually like the smell, but I particularly feel sorry for all those people who might have been trying to quit and had to be bombarded by the stuff everywhere they went because when you are quitting and are around smoke/smokers it is very, very tempting and reminds you of it and makes a very difficult endeavor all the harder. So it is easier now that we don’t come in contact with it nearly as much...except for sometimes at work...since they enacted (IL) the rule of smoke at workplaces only being allowed outside the grounds now instead of having designated outside places to smoke throughout the hub they all congregate right outside the guardshack on break time, which is where we all have to enter to get into the building:(