Giffels on BJ 'no smoking' edict

Beacon Journal columnist David Giffels notes in a piece on page B1 on Friday that the BJ now “prohibits employees from smoking on sidewalks adjacent to the building, which happens to occupy an entire city block. Which means they will have to cross a busy four-lane street for a smoke, and cigarette breaks will now take three or four times as long,

“Plus once they cross the street, won’t they be smoking on someone else’s sidewalk."

Giffels say a potential amendment to the surgeon general’s warning might be “Quitting smoking now reduces the possibility of being hit by a car.”

Giffels, who quit smoking previously, then notes “I’d have preferred the mere discomfort of crossing the street for a cigarette break. (I’d walk an eight-mile for a Camel.)”

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