Well I don't share my truck with anyone, so I will continue to smoke in OH, or I will just make sure I don't haul any frieght into or out of OH, since I work for a company that allows us to choose our loads. Better yet, every truck driver who smokes should refuse freight for or from OH, then we'll see how happy you Ohioans are with your new law, once your store shelves are all empty and your warehouses backed up because no one will pull your freight in or out. As far as I see it, if my company has no problems with me smoking in the truck, that's all I have to worry about because they sign my checks.

that's good for you..................that you can choose your loads............

what are ya gonna do if and when all the states follow Ohio's ban on smoking.........? stay home.......?? quit your job......??

that could very well happen............or what if...........

a few other states followed, but you're not aware of it, and you're driving through those states, and you're caught.............???????????

gotta think twice about what you said..............because IT CAN HAPPEN......

Heaven forbid that it does, and no I won't quit my job and sit home. I drive a truck because I love the job, even when it gets to be a bit aggravating. Guess I'll just be getting some tickets for smoking in my truck then, because there's no way I can go without a smoke for two weeks straight. Just ain't gonna happen.

just find a way to vent the cab air into the exhaust stack. who can tell the difference then........???

Good idea!!! I think I'm gonna look into that. *walks off whistling "Breakin the Law" by Judas Priest.

I live in ohio also and am a smoker, no we cant smoke in public places but so what? when it comes to trucking tho we live in these trucks when we are working or at least I will be and so I will be smoking in my home rather it rolls on 18 wheels or not. I dont care what state I am in. If I am in my home I will smoke this is America not a communist country #### IT.

Why not? They have the diesel smoke police in New Jersey where R-Model Macks are the enemy. I guess now they have the tobacco smoke police in Ohio, starting with the likes of Brad. It goes well with the rest of the weirdness that goes on in Ohio.

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black (diesel) smoke police

cigarette smoke police

garbage police (really here we do)

with all these "cops" around, why are there still so many crimes taking place...........??

it should pretty much be the safest country in the world with so much "protection" around...........

We have the garbage police here too. They have to make sure the trashbags you're using are regulation size, shape and color. Now that's my tax dollars well spent.

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Pro1, I have never smoked, but my mother did when I was growing up. I couldn't stand it so much that I stayed with my grandparents most of the time to get away from it. I have never understood why a person would do that, but hey it is their body.
I think some folks are getting a little off base with where my opinion is. If it is your truck, or even if it is a company truck that you are the only one that drives it, by all means. Knock yourself out. When the truck is shared, or especially if you are a team driver or slipseater then respect of the person who chooses not to smell smoke should come first. It is your right to smoke? What happens then to the right of the person who doesn't want to? Again, I own my truck. I don't have to worry about it smelling like smoke at work. I voted for issue 5 so that I could enjoy my life outside the truck, not so that truckers couldn't smoke. All my life it has been up to me to avoid smoke. My rights to smell fresh air were thereby stepped on by the smoker. We, the nonsmoking majority, had enough. If you want em, good for you. Just keep them away from us and all is good. It isn't about getting someone in trouble. It is about me and my family being able to enjoy the smoke free life we have chosen. It amazes me how smokers twist this around and talk about their rights being trampled. We don't want your smoke, and that was made clear on November 7. If that bugs any non-Ohioans, then so be it. It isn't your state anyway. Stay out if you don't like it. If you have to come here, follow the rules. Your choice. There is your freedom.
I do get a kick out of smokers being so vain that they think the world can't go on without them. Wharehouses backing up and shelves being emptied? Come on, do you really believe that will happen? The smokers tried this tactic before election day. "Business will suffer if people aren't allowed to smoke", "I wouldn't go to a place that doesn't allow smoking". Didn't work. People figured out really quick that they couldn't just stop living because the cigs were cut out. I don't have solid numbers yet, but the restaraunts seem to have just as long of a wait as they did before.
It isn't communism. There was a democratic vote. 2/3 of the people don't want smoke. Happy days.