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I think this a dangerous precedent, just as I did when the last company that did this got media coverage about it. The biggest fear would be, Where does it end? It starts with the smokers and before you know it, if you eat more than so many grams of fat or sugar a day, or if you don't participate in the company exercise program, or if you drink on weekends, use real butter, over cook your meat on the grill (nitrates have been shown to cause cancer), engage in high risk sports like sky diving, bungie jumping???? At what point is your employer pushing it too far?
How about this.. insurance won't cover smoking related illnesses. Wouldn't that have the same effect and make people responsible for their own behavior? Or, have the smokers pay more of the share of their insurance? Why fire them?
When the smokers have all quit, the rest better look out, because they will start a witch hunt for a new group then.and everybody else will have to cover the taxes that smokers are currently paying
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