First, smokers were banned from lighting up in theatres, restaurants, and pubs. That was bad enough. But when smoking bans began to encroach into every public place smokers found it more and more difficult to peacefully coexist with their non-smoking neighbours. Nowhere was this more evident than the workplace.Since most workers spend 8 to 10 hours every day on the job, being unable to smoke at a workstation left individuals only two alternatives: quit smoking or interrupt your workday and go elsewhere for a cigarette.Read