Seriously??? WOW. I'm a non-smoker now, but I still think your home and car are private, you know?

You can smoke in your home, but if you have any kind of worker calling to your home to work you are not allowed to smoke. The car is ok but if while smoking you have an accident your insurance becomes null and void, and you can get prosecuted for careless driving. Viv

Again...WOW...

It isn't like that here in America! It's crazy to me that you cannot do what you want in your own home if someone else is coming there. I mean, most folks are considerate enough not to smoke while someone is doing work in the home, but to have it be a law!

And the driving thing...I wonder if we'll ever get that tough over here??

I can't say that I agree with that at all!

IMO, if the act of smoking leads to an accident (dropped cig, ash into the eye, inattentiveness to driving while lighting up, etc), then I can see taking severe steps against the smoker. This is the same concept as taking action against any impaired driver. It would be rather difficult to prove, though, in many circumstances. That's probably why the UK's law extends to the act of smoking in general. Frankly, I'd like to see that methodolgy applied to cell phone use.

I can see the intent of the law restricting smoking in one's home while a worker is there. That is to protect the worker. If I were a non-smoking plumber, I would not like having to go to a smoker's home to do the work that pays my bills and feeds my family, and spend time breathing the toxic atmosphere; not to mention bringing that stench home with me on my clothes.

As for the painter smoking in his workplace, if the vehicle was parked I see no harm in that. I do believe the lawmakers were a tad too vague in that area.

Aren't the twists and turns of rights and privileges fun? ;-)

Shevie

If I was a smoker I would be very unhappy, but I am a non-smoker so I am very happy. Viv

I work on a campus and have for 20 years. Right after I started, they banned smoking from all public bldgs on the campus. Appx. 12 yrs ago, there was a petition to try and ban smoking from anywhere on the campus. This would have included outside and in your vehicle if it was parked on the campus grounds. It did not fly or become law, but it sure did stir up some controversial discussions.

I think we WILL see a day where smoking in public altogether is banned. Here, they have already banned it in all public businesses, government or private. We have alot of people here now complaining about parks and any public place where there may be children, elderly, or sick people. They are considering passing a law saying no more in parks, etc. It's coming, sooner than we might think.

I'm with you Viv, I'm a non smoker now, so YAY for them! Wouldn't have said that a year ago, or even a month ago for that matter. :)

If the paints are flamable.....

Here in England it just about a total ban - except in your own home. I live in an apartment block and it is not easy to go outside for a smoke (rental says cannot smoke indoors).
You cannot smoke in any buildings or anywhere that is considered a 'workplace'. You cannot smoke at bus stops. You cannot smoke outside a hospital - not anywhere in hospital grounds. You cannot smoke in a hire (rental) car. Most of my friends and relations do not smoke so their houses are non-smoking. I even have a couple of friends where you are not allowed to smoke in thier garden.
That together with the rising costs (nearly 6 for 20) is why I am stopping.

well i think as a none smoker that its a good idea, i understand if you are still smoking how you would think its a bad idea,
but the less places anyone can smoke the more chance newbies have of giving up,

I agree cazsy, as it happens that's what gave me the final push into stopping smoking, it was getting harder to smoke than not smoke, so from my point of view the new laws were a Godsend. Viv