I have to say that I like parts of the ban and hate other parts. Why should the smokers in my workplace be banned from smoking out back in the garage like they have for years and years? It's not a place where customers come to eat or to purchase items and it's not open to the public. No one here has a problem with it and yet, the smokers, by law, can not smoke in the warm garage any more.
Although... in Illinois it IS REQUIRED that ""No Smoking" signs to be posted in each public place and place of employment where smoking is prohibited. Requires ashtrays to be removed from any area where smoking is prohibited."
I suppose if you're caught smoking somewhere and there are no signs posted saying that you can't smoke, how are you to know?
I suppose the law is the law, though...
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It may be tacky but I'll leave this post off with a Robert Heinlein quote.
"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do." - Robert HeinLein