I can guess that it started as a means to keep a nice clean image for their laborers versus the "I just crossed the Rio and habla no Engles" type of crew. Either that or their owner(s) just fit in perfectly with the Bible Belt.
Nothing was mentioned about drinking, but I agree with seci that limiting forbidding smoking is too restrictive and just makes you wonder what else will be restricted.
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Date: 2006-02-09 05:45 pm (UTC)Nothing was mentioned about drinking, but I agree with
limitingforbidding smoking is too restrictive and just makes you wonder what else will be restricted.