But again, smoking doesn't increase productivity or lower insurance costs. While injuries may result from exercising, the overall health benefits are greater. If this were not the case, insurance agencies would constantly ask people to stop exercising like they do for smokers.
-Rudey
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Originally posted by AGDee
The topic was health insurance costs and productivity at work as being justification for an employer dictating what you are allowed to do in your home. There are numerous behaviors that people engage in that are dangerous which affect their use of health insurance and productivity time at work. I just happened upon statistics for something that seems like a very healthy thing to do, but actually does affect your health costs and your work productivity.
See, the point is, it's ok for them to dictate for smoking, because only 20% of the population smokes. But when they extend it to your eating habits (not obesity, but what you eat, because that's really what affects heart disease/high cholesterol/high blood pressure), whether you have unprotected sex (cuz you could get an STD that would cost money/time off work), whether you engage in extreme sports (because it puts you at risk). There is no difference between smoking in your home and these other things.
None of it should be grounds for being fired.
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