Wednesday, June 27, 2007
It’s been almost two months since the statewide smoking ban went into effect in Ohio, and some businesses are looking for a way to keep employees and patrons who smoke happy.
The Lordstown General Motors plant is changing its previously strict smoking policy out of concerns for employee safety.
Because the company doesn’t allow smoking on the premises, many employees went to the roads outside the plant to smoke during their breaks, said Michael Rhodes, an employee assistant at GM.
But a growing concern for its employees’ safety along the roads has prompted GM to install smoking shelters where people can light up.
“They basically look like bus stops you’d see in Youngstown, except a little more enclosed,” he said. Although the shelters have been delivered, Rhodes wasn’t sure when they’d be installed.
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