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AlterNet reports
The second largest tobacco producer in the United States, Reynolds American said Thursday it will ban smoking in all indoor office spaces, bowing to smoke-free social norms.
The manufacturer of Pall Mall and Camel cigarettes said starting from January 1, 2015 smoking cigarettes, cigars, and pipes in conference rooms and elevators will be prohibited.
Designated smoking rooms will be opened by 2016 at the company's headquarters in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and at its two other offices in Tennessee and New Mexico.
[...]E-cigarettes and chewing tobacco are still permitted. Smoking is already banned in the company's production factories, cafeterias and fitness centers, and the move to extend the no-smoking zone was in line with the public standards, according to [Reynolds American spokesman David] Howard.
[...]Smoking is banned in most public spaces in North Carolina, including bars and restaurants, but Reynolds America's offices are exempt from the law, Reynolds said.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Gaaark_1000 on Friday January 02 2015, @10:45PM
Sooooo....... at one time you COULD smoke in the fitness center?
Did someone actually object to this, by gum??? Harumph, harumph, it's my god given right to get healthy lungs while smoking, dad-gummit!
Only in America? Pity!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 03 2015, @11:03AM
I kind of assume those fitness centers have saunas/steam rooms. Nothing strange about smokig in them. Well, at least not as strange as finnish smoke saunas.