Gary R. Lloyd wrote:

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:03:55 -0600, "John A. Weeks III"
wrote:

In article , Betsy -0
wrote:

I work in an environment where there is second-hand smoke. I am
considering
buying a portable air-cleaner to take with me to that job. Does anyone
have any recommendations?

Check with your HR office to see if there is an indoor clean air
act in your state, and how the company plans to comply with it.
This is common in Blue states (those that voted Kerry), but
uncommon in Red states (those that voted Bush). It has nothing
to do with Kerry or Bush, it just happens that is how the law
is implemented, in general.

The only thing that ****es me off more than being pushed outdoors is
being robbed in the form of tobacco taxes. The TobaccoNazis can all go
straight to hell.

Gary R. Lloyd

"When the boot of government is on your neck,
it doesn't matter if it's left or right"

As a smoker, I agree, being forced outside in January (I live in WI) is
annoying.

The best solution I have ever seen, and I have come across several places
that do this, is to set up a smoking room in the building somewhere. That
room has a sealed door to prevent the "smoke and smell" from leaving the
room for the most part, and then overhead power vents sucking the smoke out
of the room and venting it outside.

In my view that is the best compromise I have found. It gives the smokers
somewhere to go, that is still temp controlled and comfortable, yet doesn't
subject the non-smokers to the stuff they hate. I realize that this is not
feasible for all companies to do but I really think it is a nice happy
medium and should be implemented more often.

Just my two cents worth.
Dave