[cpillow]

Originally posted by BarbPick
Have you read this post before posting it? Why did you take this job in the first place? You agreed to rules, you want to break your agreement, Tell me how much less is your word worth than someone else who follows the rules. Your word is worth nothing. Your integrity since you made an agreement and are sneaking around ? you be the judge.

Look Barbpick, all I'm saying is that your post to this person looking for quit smoking advice did not SEEM very supportive. Did YOU read YOUR post before reading it? You questioned the poster's integrity because they're even THINKING about smoking. It just seems a little bit judgemental, condescending, rude, closed minded to judge someone about something that you clearly have never experienced. If you HAD taken Wellbutrin XL in the past, you would know that there are some really fun side effects that most people DO experience (for instance irritability - NOT the calmness that you assume one experiences when taking this med) AND not all people who take wellbutrin are successful with quitting.

Let's see here, cliche... Walk a mile in one's mocassins..... Judge not lest ye be judged.... The one without sin may cast the first stone, etc, etc......

P.S. My name only has RN behind it... So maybe that makes some kind of difference here???

[BarbPick]

We see the post and situation differently. Why would anyone put themselves in a lose lose situation? Why choose the job in the first place and then be miserable? It has to do with agreements. Did you miss the part about sneaking and not wishing to get caught? There are many jobs for nurses. Why choose such turmoil. I watched as the civilian employees at my husband's police dept were fired for breeching the no smoking policy. This is legal btw. You agree to follow their rules or get terminated.

This has nothing to do with empathy. Why was this job taken in the first place?

Something else why jails are now becoming smoke free. Prisons are also becoming smoke free, they are in Florida because the state no longer wants to pay for the health care for inmates and cancer from smoking.

This whole situation has to do with cost. Not inner termoil and being fair. If the employees are smoke free, there are fewer sick days taken, there is less long term employee interuptions.
Bottom line, you make an agreement you keep it, if you do not you get fired.
I am not judging. This is the big picture. I have seen the employers keep their agreements, they fire people who do not comply.

[erroridiot]

After a diagnosis of Asthma, I quit smoking.

I smoked 3 packs a day. I quit 16 years ago. Now, I am maxed out on asthma meds and I can't be around second hand smoke at all.

Even working in a smoke free facility is difficult for me. Sometimes employees sneak a smoke in the bathroom or stairwell - just like I used to do. Just walking by the smokers standing outside the building gives me difficulty.

If only I had quit sooner or never smoked at all my life would be easier now.

I can see both sides of the picture, but I would not go back to smoking.

From time to time I still crave a cigarette, but there are too many advantages to quitting. I have more money, time, productivity at work, self esteem and serenity than I did when I smoked. On the other hand I have less cigarette odor, dental stains and I do not burden anyone with second hand smoke.

Hope this helps.

[fiestynurse]

As of 1997 there are 28 states that legally prohibit employers from hiring/firing employees due to their smoking status. This could be seen as discriminatory and in violation of your rights to smoke, which is still legal last time I checked. The facility should have a designated smoking area either outside or with outside ventilation. They are probably losing some excellent nurses because of this rule. Can you clock-out at lunch time and leave the facility to smoke? What do other smokers do at this facility? I would talk to your Supervisor about this. I am sure she does not want to lose a good nurse.