Dave Frightens Me wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:18:16 +0100, B Vaughan wrote:
>
> >A few days on the state TV news, I saw that some companies are
> >proposing to dock smokers 10 minutes for each cigarette break.
> >Supposedly this is because nonsmoking employees have been complaining
> >that they are working more than their smoking colleagues and should be
> >paid more. The unions objected to the proposal.
>
> It would be impossible to govern, but that wont stop a law getting
> passed!
>
> >I don't know how much substance there is to the report, but I do sense
> >a certain hostility to smokers in Italy these days. I've also seen
> >reports that a substantial percentage of smokers have quit.
>
> Societal pressure works remarkably well here.
>
> One thing that stills gets me is the smoker lingering in the doorway.
> Plenty of that still going on.
Some US states have laws which ban smoking within a certain distance of
an entrance. It seems to work there IME. A lot of it is design related I
suppose, but I find it a real problem at the entrance to UK shopping
centres.
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