http://blog.lawinfo.com/2008/06/13/sucking-down-the-breaks-smokers-and-the-workplace/ Lawyer Blog | Attorney Blog | Read and Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:47:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.lawinfo.com/2008/06/13/sucking-down-the-breaks-smokers-and-the-workplace/comment-page-1/#comment-3802 Jenna Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:31:03 +0000 http://blog.lawinfo.com/?p=2490#comment-3802 I think it's funny that you should bring up extra breaks as a way to vilify smokers. I happen to know for a fact that at least one person (my sister) took up smoking because the company she worked for refused to give breaks to non-smokers because "they don't need a break" the way smokers do. In other words, you can only have a break if you smoke. Otherwise, you're OK to work hours on end with no respite because you don't have an addiction to feed. It's a slippery slope and I think it's an issue that people should stop using to bully people into doing the "right thing." I think it’s funny that you should bring up extra breaks as a way to vilify smokers. I happen to know for a fact that at least one person (my sister) took up smoking because the company she worked for refused to give breaks to non-smokers because “they don’t need a break” the way smokers do. In other words, you can only have a break if you smoke. Otherwise, you’re OK to work hours on end with no respite because you don’t have an addiction to feed. It’s a slippery slope and I think it’s an issue that people should stop using to bully people into doing the “right thing.”

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