Why Have the Smoking Laws Changed in the Workplace?
Many people have become quite puzzled as to why the smoking laws in the workplace have changed so drastically throughout the recent years. There were once restrictions that were placed on smoking in terms of the government law; however, there has been quite a tremendous shift in the smoking laws. Part of the reason the government law has changed is because many people feel as though there is not much need for smoking laws since so many people in the United States are smokers. They feel as though every other person smokes. They believe that there are more smokers now than there have ever been in society. On the contrary, there are actually less smokers now than there were decades ago, in the 1960s for instance. So that is probably one of the prime reasons that the government law for smoking has tightened in public places, such as the workplace. Statistics show that in the 1965, 42% of the United States population were smokers, as opposed to the 21% in 2006. Nevertheless, there are still
