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Originally Posted by sunnyatlast

In the overall sense, yes. But in this particular case, employers have the freedom, thank God, to hire whom they see fit to hire and pay insurance premiums on which are skyrocketing because of riskier people (who generate more medical bills to pay) being added into the insurance pool.
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If the non hiring of smokers is indeed an insurance issue, how do you think employers are handling folks with chronic diseases, alcoholism, drug addictions and other infirmities which require continuing care and/or treatment facility admissions? Are they also being denied employment? I have not heard of that as an issue except in the cases where 'drug free' is a bona fide prerequisite to employment.