Red Lobster

I'm a employee of red lobster and they tiij away smoke breaks are they allowed to do so? And while I was standing by the ash can outside of red lobster on highway 155 before my shift and the new GM was leaving and seen me " mam this is a no smoking restaurant you can't smoke here. I said I'm not clocked in yet and I'm a smoker sorry I'm going to smoke before I come in. And " I don't care that you smoke. No smoking here... I don't think that is right he offended me kind of.