Re: OK, I shouldn't watch the news

I think we had discussed this guy here before. Apparenlty in some states they can and have. Gave a deadline to quit or be fired and ended up firing four people. I'm talking about smoking on their own time, not at work.

JulieW8 wrote: 
On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 03:15:35 GMT, RaeMorrill <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> gave
thanks and said:


I just was watching 20/20. A Stossel's line of argument was much the along the lines of "there are other jobs." In fact about same one I just used in reverse to support allowing establishments like restaurants or bars to allow smoking. "You don't have to work there." OK, that's right, no you don't. The problem with this line of thinking is where does it stop. Most states apparently have no laws against this kind of discrimination. So in theory a rabid vegan could ban any meat or dairy product ingestion, an observant Jew or an SDA could say no ham or seafood, or, conversely, they could tell you if you don't smoke we won't hire you. If you're not gay we won't hire you. If you're celibate we won't hire you. No difference far as I can see 


Been awhile since I worked in an office <G> - can they refuse to hire
you if you smoke?

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