SmokingBan

As the economy slowly recovers, employers may expand a program to job candidates that has mostly been applied to the current workforce: health screenings. A test for nicotine, for example, can determine if a job applicant smokes and remove them from the job candidate pool as a way to ultimately...

Second only to "last call, Ms. Handler," it's the most common refrain among bar and club owners: "Smoking bans hurt business." As a non-smoker, I love being able to come home after drinks without stinking like Patty Bouvier, but bar owners have claimed that indoor smoking bans, where they exist,...

Recently, a smoking ban in Minnesota was amended to allow smoking on stage during plays. Seems innocent enough, right? Well, bars in the state were quick to take advantage of the opening, declaring their bars were actually stages and all customers were actors.One promoter interviewed by the paper...