Yes, I would hire a smoker to work in my home by Mike Sawyer a tobacco and smoking foe supporting to override veto of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour

Just last week a businessman called me long distance wanting me to wallpaper for him again. He stated that my nonsmoking was one of the main reasons for wanting me back to work in his office complex.

What if, I employed a smoker to go out and give my estimates for painting or wallpapering, and he/she decided to smoke on the way to the Nice Guy Benson's home for an estimate?

Immediately upon meeting my estimator, Mr. Nice Guy Benson who has a severe allergic reaction to toxic secondhand smoke detects the "pool hall smoky odor" on my estimator's body.

Do you think Mr. Nice Guy Benson is going to hire my company to do the work in his home after this smoke detection?

What are the odds of Mr. Nice Guy Benson ever letting me know that he refused to accept by fair bid due to his first impression of cigarette smoke on my estimator?

I remember having a dear very structural and honest business partner in Kentucky while I was attending seminary, who smoked religiously. One day while working in the home of a retired couple who had no smoking signs in their simple home, my partner started smoking. The wife quickly asked him not to. My partner got a little resentful. This couple never invited us back to their home for work. I wondered how much advertising of this blatant smoking violation act did the humble couple do for our business?

Would it be a good employer-employer relationship if I had to constantly be worried about this event happening?

I've got pictures of cigarette butts let behind the refrigerator where the floor covering installers left them. Seen butts on top of new kitchen cabinets where the cabinet installers left them.

A couple of years ago the manager of the Sherwin Williams Paint store at Panama City Beach, Florida told me that I was the only painter that he knew who didn't smoke.

Would you hire a person to work in your home after detecting cigarette smoke on their body?

Please discuss this at your next civic, business, or church meeting. Place this question in any newsletter or bulletin. California has just declared secondhand smoke to be toxic. Please don't be afraid of offending someone when personal health is at risk.

Yes, I would hire a smoker to work in my home

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