You know they lost when Camel maker Reynolds snuffs out workplace smoking

[malaise]

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/23/camel-maker-reynolds-snuffs-out-workplace-smoking
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Camel cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc is snuffing out smoking in its offices and buildings.

The nation’s second-biggest tobacco company informed employees Wednesday that beginning next year, the use of traditional cigarettes, cigars or pipes will no longer be permitted at employee desks or offices, conference rooms, hallways and elevators. Lighting up already is prohibited on factory floors and in cafeterias and fitness centers.

The no-smoking policy will go into effect once Reynolds builds indoor smoking areas for those still wanting to light up indoors, spokesman David Howard said.

“We believe it’s the right thing to do and the right time to do it because updating our tobacco use policies will better accommodate both non-smokers and smokers who work in and visit our facilities,” Howard said. “We’re just better aligning our tobacco use policies with the realities of what you’re seeing in society today.”
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They concede after all the lies, all the bribes and all the unnecessary deaths.
They knew but profit is all that matters to the 1%.
Years from now they'll concede on fracking and climate change

[pangaia]

1. They are doing this ..NOW?

Or is this from 1975?

[malaise]

2. From the link

From next year, workers at America’s second biggest tobacco firm will not be able to smoke at desks, or in hallways or elevators

[pangaia]

4. I was asking half in jest,

and half as in..HUH? DUH?

[sharp_stick]

3. As of six months ago

you can smoke pretty much anywhere in their buildings. They already banned the cafeteria because people could no longer stand the smell while they ate.

I haven't smelled a stink like the office space of RJR in decades.

[Arugula Latte]

7. It's amazing what we used to put up with.

Airplanes were particularly bad.

It's funny (but not ha ha funny) how just one smoker can ruin an entire closed space for dozens of people.

[sharp_stick]

8. It never used to bother me

I was a pack a day smoker along with both my parents until about 15 years ago.

When we cleaned the walls of the house the grime that came off was the most disgusting shade of yellow. I can only imagine how bad that house smelled to someone that didn't smoke.

I walked into the office space of RJR six months ago on a business trip and the smell hit me as soon as the front doors opened. Damned near every office and cube space had an ashtray, some so overfilled that it made my stomach churn.

They had the air system's working so hard my shirt was waving in the wind as they tried to recycle the air and pump it outside.

[Mira]

5. It's on the front page of the Winston-Salem Journal this morning

Above the fold.
When I came to this city in 1964 I was a non-smoker. I was advised to smoke a Reynolds brand during job interviews in order to have a better chance at landing the job.
So I did.
I finally stopped smoking decades later.
As I look out the window I see the Reynolds building. It used to be the tallest building in the South.
We have come a long way.

[jmowreader]

10. Did you know the Reynolds building was the model for the Empire State Building?

From what I remember about the history of the South, Mr. RJ built that building so tall because he wanted to see everything the company owned from his office windows.

[Mira]

11. Oh yes I know - it's a fun sight

they look like Mother and Child

[3catwoman3]

6. Talk about...

...ultimate irony.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. You know I work at a backwoods Medical Facility because we still have a Smoking Area.

Stupid Fucks.

Home Office in Texas. No raises in five years but, they could afford to purchase 17 facilities around the country this past year.

Greedy Fucking Fuckers.

Fuck 'em.