Green Bay is Talking about Workplace Smoking.

Green Bay is now discussing banning smoking in the workplace. What a euphemism! Does anyone reading this blog know of a workplace that allows smoking? No, what they really mean are bars and restaurants. Yes, they are a workplace in the narrow sense of what it means to be a workplace, but they are not what leaps to mind when one says workplace.

Many workplaces now completely prohibit smoking both inside and outside on their property. The office where my boss calls work there is no smoking anywhere on the property, unless you go into your car to smoke. Mercury Marine recently went from smoking allowed (for those in the factory) during breaks in the aisles to 100% smoke free (in and out). Actually, the one office building where I recall hearing smoking to be allowed is Miller Brewing (does anyone know if that is still the case?). This is what most people think of when one mentions "smoking in the workplace". Not prohibition in the bars and supper clubs.

The report I heard has Mayor Jim Schmidt opposing the ban, based on principle (not on preference). However, I bet this is going in the same direction it went in Appleton.