Ohio Smoking Ban Reportedly Will Affect Trucking Companies

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smoking ban that takes effect in Ohio on Thursday will affect trucking companies and their drivers — including in truck cabs — Dayton, Ohio, television station WHIO reported on its Web site.

The ban has surprised truckers, who had not been sure the ban would affect them, the station reported. The Ohio Trucking Association may try to convince Ohio lawmakers to give drivers an exemption from the ban, WHIO reported.

Trucking companies are doing the best they can to comply with the new law, which will ban smoking in everything from offices to restaurants and bowling alleys, WHIO said.

An official at one trucking company said he will be setting changes for truckers and said he expects employees to comply with them, the station reported.

One potential hitch is the law’s rule that a “no smoking” sign be on every door, raising the question of whether trucking companies need to put a sign on every truck, the station said.