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Old 12-13-2005, 05:05 PM
AOIIBrandi AOIIBrandi is offline
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Originally posted by ktsnake
Dangerous precedent? As an employer, I would prefer healthy employees who don't have to call in sick because of the recurring upper respiratory infections that they keep getting due to smoking. I'd prefer not to have to pay their higher healthcare costs, It would annoy me to see them taking 15 minute breaks every 30 minutes, and I don't like the smell.

I think this company has every right to select their employees based on whatever criteria as long as it's not illegal discrimination (and cigarette smokers are not a protected class by any stretch).

Ditto...

Plus at some point the higher healthcare costs that the employer has to pay also trickle down to ALL of the employees as higher premiums.
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