Weyco FORCING employees to quit smoking

[jojo54]

O.K. I'm a smoker so I'm extremely opposed to this. But more so, I'm opposed to the fact that the Patriotic Act is allowing this to become a reality. The CEO of Okemos, Michigan based Weyco Inc. Howard Weyers, is forcing his employees to quit, not only during working hours, but at home also (see In The News: "company tells employees to quit smoking" at www.yahoo.com). If they don't quit, they get fired!!!

Sorry non-smokers, but this is invasion of privacy plain and simple! This man has no right to control his employees lives OUTSIDE the companies' perimeters or after hours. I'm sympathetic to non-smokers and THEIR rights but at the same time, NO ONE should be able to tell me what I can and can not do in the privacy of my own home!! What's next: hidden cameras in every home so that no one performs illicit or homosexual acts?....sign in sheets at every church to single out the "non" believers?.....the reversal of time/culture to the days of Ozzie and Harriet? Boy George is allowing things to get just a little bit spooky these days. Anyone think that Orwell's 1984 will become Twenty-O-Five?

Sorry if this is a repeat of an earlier post.