People who ingest hot smoky gas into their lungs are harming themselves and everyone near them.

Tobacco is legal as is alcohol birth control and eating meat among many other "personal preferences" that are again legal in all 50 states. I consider this an invasion of privacy demanding regulation of ones lifestyle to fit a Private for profit ckrporations statistical analysys on how to optimize their control and financial efficieny of a corporate commody namely their labor force....

While the conservative courts have been turning a blind eye to "personal human rights" over the rights of corporations...this does not make it right or morally correct.

If they made it volentary and offered incentives for living a healthier liffestyle i would have no problem probably complying..but as is..i would find another job and tell them to go fuck themselves.

Drew.

apartment building is an example of this. No smoking in your apartment by February 2014. Ridiculous, but as many said they hopefully won't raise the rent with the "savings" on their insurance premiums.

I too am torn.
Back when indoor smoking in public places took effect, it was pretty clear that was the beginning of slippery slope.
Banning a legal substance from the work place makes sense..
but in one's private time???

Statistics say only about 21% of the population smokes, so don't look to public outrage on this issue.

FWIW...nicotine free for the last 15 years.
most people who quit find the odor of a smoker very offensive, even if the smoker does not light up during the workday.

Note that they are exempt from this new rule.

They are not the same, obviously.
and this does not address the issue of e-cig users, who will test postive for nicotine but who are tobacco and smoke free.
I see a court case in the future.

It's not just users of e-cigs that will be affected, but also other nonsmokers, like the people who use nicotine gum or patches.

Carry on

He did it with very little anesthesia and I could feel him tugging, hurt like hell, yes TMI lol

but I'm sure DU's biggest smokers' riights proponent will be along soon to tell us all how wrong this is.

Sid