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Q&A: Should businesses be allowed to tell employees they’re not allowed to smoke – even at home?

01/20/11 by | 16 Comments

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Question by gotalife: Should businesses be allowed to tell employees they’re not allowed to smoke – even at home?
According to an article in Inc. magazine, due to rising health care costs some businesses have enacted “Wellness Policies” that state that cigarette smoking, even during off hours is a firing offense. (They measure employee nicotine levels randomly)

Cigarette smoking according to the CDC “…is the leading preventable cause of death in the US, resulting in approximately 440,000 deaths each year and resulting in an annual cost of more than $ 75 billion in direct medical costs.”

However…obesity is also a HUGE problem in this country as well.

According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services “300,000 deaths each year in the US are associated with obesity and the economic cost of obesity in the US was about $ 117 billion in 2000.”

Well, if businesses start telling people they can’t smoke at home…how long do you think it’ll be before they start telling people “Put down that Big Mac, ya big fatty!” Who died and made businesses the god of our lives?

Best answer:

Answer by reichman2007
If they told me that, i would tell them to get fucked

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