is it legal to smoke cigarettes inside an open bay (garage) at work in a welding or prefab box truck shop?
610849
All workplaces are required to be smokefree, except for bars, bar sections of restaurants, tobacco retailers, bowling centers, and bingo halls.\n\nThe stricter laws in Corvallis, Eugene, and Multnomah County still apply in those locales.
870228
Private clubs ARE exempt from this law; unfortunately, they have to operate as non-profits which you will NOT be able to do with your bar. There are very few loopholes if you read the full text (available at http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/11/07/oh/state/issue/5/). \n\nYour best bet is going to be to open up (or add on, if you have to) an outdoor patio that meets the requirements of this stupid law, and get a nice outdoor heater or two for winter. Maybe put up a roof with a tv or speakers (depending on your gimmick - tv if you broadcast sports games, speakers if you've got live music, you can pump it outside.) It will cost a little money initially but I bet you'll bring in more business if you have a somewhat comfortable and entertaining place for the smokers year-round.\n\nTo the last person: this new law goes beyond smoking. It's telling business owners how to run their personal businesses. It is NOT illegal to smoke. If most people don't want to be in a smoky bar, let them vote with their feet and not go there. I live in Ohio and there are bars near me that are non-smoking by the owner's choice. Some restaurants are completely non-smoking - owner's choice. If you don't like seeing people drinking, respond by not hanging out in bars - NOT by banning alcohol.\n\n(Voted against issue 5, needless to say!!)
716640
Absolutely 100% legal.  You can tell me I can't smoke in your home and a business owner can tell you not to smoke on his/her property.  No legal violations here.
897049
not as far as I know...it's not illegal to smoke inside your home.\n\nIf you had my vote, I would say YES...but I don't make the laws, so I think you're stuck with the 2nd hand smoke.  \n\nIf you want to try something, try convincing your dad to smoke outside, or at least near an open window.
995349
I'd LIKE for cigs to be illegal...  My husband and sister in law both have asthma, and sometimes have to walk RIGHT PAST smokers to get to the EMERGENCY ROOM.  Hello!?  And my father-in-law died of cancer caused by second-hand smoke in his childhood.  I'd LOVE tobbaco to be illegal.  Will it ever happen?  *hopeless laughter*
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I'm sorry, I'm a little confused -- where are you that smoking is allowed in doors at work? Smokers should be going outside to smoke. I'm a smoker and I would hate it if people could smoke inside the office. Ick.\n\nHow did you get hired to do this presentation if you don't actually have the knowledge/resources to do the presentation? I'd love to know your secret for getting jobs for which you're not necessarily qualified...
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Are you sure that you are accurately reporting the information the attorney gave to you?  If your vehicle is parked on the private property of your employer, the laws of your state may very well give them the right to enforce this policy.\n\nRegardless of what you feel about the policy, chances are that you are an "at will" employ unless you belong to a union.  I am not aware of any state or federal law that would protect you if your employer fired you for violating the policy.  So you have two choices:  (1) stop smoking; or (2) go off the property to smoke.
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I doubt if you can open a smoker's bar, however depending on the language of the law, you can open a private club, charge a small fee to be a member, not open to the public.  If it is a private club, they can't touch you if it is not written in the ban.
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All schools are no drug, alochol or smoking zones. Now, like others have said, they would have a lot of work to prove that you were smoking on campus (where you vehicle is parked), but if they can do that, then you could face punishment. Otherwise, who is to say that the vehicle does not belong to your parents and they were their cigarettes? \n\nOn top of that, if you really want to play a trump card, what were they doing peering into your vehicle? If you were to simply ask if they had "probable cause" to look into your vehicle, it might back them down. As this is not a police enforced area though, that might not work as well, especially since the butts were in plain view. \n\nMy suggestion, if you are going to have butts in your ashtray while your vehicle is at school - close the ashtray. Ultimately, if they are unable to prove that you were the one smoking them they can not punich you. I am guessing though that you are a student of that school - if so, more than likely you are under the age required to purchase cigarettes. If you are indeed a minor, the school might call your parents and inform them of your smoking. That might be worse than anything the school would do to you!
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Smoking is banned in certain areas of Nevada, Measure 5 passed.  You will still be allowed to smoke in casinos and bars, but not where children are allowed (like the sports bars I think). but not in grocery stores and child care centers,etc. (my god, i had no idea that wasn't already law!!!)
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You should have access to an employee realtions person internal to your company. They handle these matters in a confidential manner. If you do not have access to an ER person, then you can get in touch with your local OSHA dept and make an anonymous complaint. \n\nNow--if you work in a bar or some place where smoking is the norm, this does not make sense.
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i think so, at least in the US, where cigarette advertising is now illegal.  I know on TV there are so many anti-smoking ads and no smoking ads. Look at Phillip morris' website. It tells you more about how dangerous their product is than how good it is.  Of course they were forced to do this, and cigarettes are their own advertisement, they are very hard to quit. Funny, its not illegal to advertise nicotine gum, which costs $40 a box
250062
We use smoke bombs in hvac work all the time. For example inspections.Air leaks etc...
804062
I'm a smoker (no, not bragging or trying to justify it....stupid habit). Still, as a smoker, I'm really irritated by smokers who do that. I always use an inside ash tray, besides making sure I'm way downwind of non-smokers even when I smoke outdoors. I think it's just the decent thing to do. Also, throwing cigs out of a moving car window is dangerous, not to mention stupid!
640020
No it is not banned yet. It should be. COMPLETELY. Not here and there...but all over the world.\n\nTobacco Companies are behind the delay in banning fags. In reality..many people will lose jobs...starting from the poor farmers who grow tobacco to the chairmen of these huge companies.\n\nAs far as I see it smoking will never be banished from this side of earth.
765246
Look in smoke or cigar shops.
439406
Check with your local and state laws, whatever state you live in. I just love a smoke after full or self service.