Painted

I feel sorry for your plight, Nancy. Smoking is a very shitty habit, it hurts everyone.

However... your boss not wanting to enforce a new rule I can understand. The other people in the office have worked there for years, hasn't that one guy, Carl, worked there for 35 years? And if some new gal comes in and starts bitching about the smoke (that's how they see you) they are probably a little hesitant to directly comply with your demands.

If you were your boss, would you rather meet your employee of (i'm guessing here) 10 years' demands, or your employee of 1 month's demands? Yeah, you could make the argument that it's only 8 feet to the door, where they can smoke all they want. But, now lets say you're the employee of 10 years (who smokes), wouldn't you feel a little betrayed if suddenly your boss changes the rules just cause some new employee wanted him to?

If a person works at a place for 10 years, it is generally accepted that they have contributed greatly to the growth of the company during that time period. Thus, the demands of that employee are taken more seriously than an employee of only a month. It is considered bad business practice to treat long-term employees with the same respect as new employees. (Some places are actually like this, and these places you want to avoid)