Comments on: No Smoking: Century Considering Tobacco Free Policy

By: Don

Don — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 23:44:38 +0000

And I have to agree with Molino Mom on this one. Why pick on tobacco users? And where will this infringement on personal rights end?

By: Mark T

Mark T — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:29:35 +0000

Next it’ll be how over weight or what you can eat… So all you anti smoking people just wait your day is coming !

By: Just saying

Just saying — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:05:53 +0000

I sat here reading these comments, how ridiculous some of them are. I think they just comment because they can. I once many years ago was a smoker and I gave them up. They do stink and are really bad for you and everyone else around you. Please if you smoke don’t stand near the door where people come in and out, it stinks. Even when I did smoke, I would go way, away from the building. Because I didn’t want to offend anyone. At Century City Hall that is where they go, the front door. Please at least go to your car or else where. Most companies have this rule.

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:51:23 +0000

I don’t think that legal activities outside of work should be curtailed by an employer, and I’m surprised someone has not sued before now on this policy. At work, smoking can and is prohibited in many places of business. However, my home is my home and I have the right to do what I want, if it’s legal, smoking included.

I do not smoke, but I can also see why some businesses want this policy. When I was in the public school system as a teacher, the smokers spent most of their planning periods getting that nicotine fix, outside. Then, they’d do what they would normally do during their planning periods while they had students in the classroom, and that included sending students to my classroom to use the copier (and disrupting my class in the process), instead of doing those activities when they should have – their planning periods.

Common sense could avoid much of the angst that goes along with smoking at work if people would only exercise it!

By: David

David — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:06:47 +0000

Businesses should not be allowed to discriminate against people for what they do on their own dime and their own time.

By: BT

BT — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 04:51:16 +0000

JCarnley,

I don’t think it’s the smoking policy that’s keeping people from working in Century.

By: Tired

Tired — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 01:14:29 +0000

As long as tobacco is legal it is discrimination to not hire someone who smokes. I also think that there should be designated areas for people who smoke. I do not smoke.

By: Mark T

Mark T — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:51:06 +0000

Government telling you what you can and can’t do. COMMUNISM

By: Molino Mom

Molino Mom — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:21:14 +0000

Smoking? What about drinking alcohol and overeating? Shoot, even doing dangerous things such as skydiving and driving race cars will increase ones insurance premium. So to be fair the town must not hire a smoker, a drinker, an overeater, an overweight person, someone who has a dangerous hobby… I do not smoke, drink, or have dangerous hobbies, but I’m overweight. My sister’s health insurance is cheaper because I am overweight and she is not. The reason I am fat is because I eat too much of the wrong stuff. Does it really stop with smoking?

By: JCarnley

JCarnley — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:49:45 +0000

With the limited number of people available to fill positions does the savings on the insurance override the possibilities for hefty fines from DEP and other regulatory agencies if a position is not filled? Do we have a certified drinking water and waste water operator yet in Century? Although this does sound like a great practice I prefer want to keep my water clean and safe flowing in and out and never want the city to be bankrupt.by fines if our worker pool is limited. I would encourage healthy habits for employees but may not limit my choices. It may not be worth it in the overall picture.