[33girl]

We can go on and on and cite statistics on both sides till the cows come home.

The main argument is whether you believe your employer has the right to tell you what to do when you are not in the workplace. I personally do not - whether that's drinking, smoking, bungee jumping, smoking pot, sleeping with a whole football team, whatever. Unless you have a job where you can be called to work unexpectedly it's none of their damn business what you do in your off time.

Employers don't HAVE to offer insurance. If they do, they can alter it in all sorts of ways - they don't have to cover birth control if they don't want to, for example. If it can be found that an illness is related to smoking, they can choose not to cover it. But then that sets up a situation where the employer is constantly trying to get out of claims that they SHOULD be paying.