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Some of you are more trusting of authority than some of us. That's what it boils down to. If my employer doesn't want to cover my health insurance because I am a smoker.. that's fine. They don't have to take on that cost burden. If they don't allow me to smoke on their property, that's fine, it's their property. It's firing someone for doing something that's completely legal, on their own time, is absurd and I truly don't believe it will stop with smoking. Some people were in an uproar when random drug testing started. A lot of people said "Why does it matter if you're not doing illegal drugs?" The response was "Because if it's not affecting my job performance, it's not their business and they may not stop at drug testing". And now, they are pushing it another step forward. You think the possibilities I quoted are ridiculous, but 40 years ago, if you told people what the restrictions on smoking would be now, they would have thought that was ridiculous too.
Not to mention, it is completely unenforceable. There is no way to determine whether someone has been smoking if they are using nicotine gum, patches or the nicotrol inhaler to quit.
ETA: When I had a torn ACL, I was unable to drive, therefore, unable to get to work and in both of the careers I've had, if I had any physical restrictions, I was not allowed to be at work.
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