Theoretically, when a car is parked on someone's property (a hospital in this case)

[avebury]

20. You need to calm down.

Our Governor issued an Executive Order in 2012 creating smoke free campuses for all state properties and nobody got their panties in a twist. She even had the smoking room in the Capitol turned into a gym that is available to all state employees not just the legislators.

Did state employees have a hissy fit over it? No because we face ever increasing health care costs because state workers are high users of the health care benefits. We do get benefit allowances but it is not able to keep up with the rising costs. I am all for anything that might help to get costs under control. It has been 6 years since the last cost of living raise and so if health care costs outpace the benefit allowance, the shortfall comes out of your paycheck. A lot of people cannot afford to retire just because of health care costs.

Frankly, your reaction to your employer in this instance come across as immature. The non-smoking edict is a good decision from both a business and health stand point. And it is a hospital for crying out loud. If they seem patriarchal you are picking the wrong battle this time.