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Truckers from across Canada were fuming Wednesday night as word spread that police hit a driver with a $305 fine for smoking in his rig, because it's considered a workplace.

Essex County OPP stopped the tractor-trailer on Wednesday around noon after noticing the lone driver headed down Highway 401 in Lakeshore with a cigarette between his lips. The officer ticketed the 48-year-old London driver for smoking in an enclosed workplace.

Neil MacKenzie, the health unit's tobacco program manager, said that includes the interior of a vehicle. He said the rule still applies to truck drivers who own their trucks and are the only ones who drive or ride in them.

"Absolutely," said MacKenzie. "If it's a work vehicle, then they are required to have it smoke free."