Firing Smokers - Reading Beyond the Headlines

United Pro Smoker's Rights ^ | 5-11-05 | Stephanie Armour

[SheLion]

The BIG LIE That Smoking is an Economic Burden To Society 

[SheLion]

[agitator]

First they came for the smokers and I didn't object because I wasn't a smoker...

[martin_fierro]

First they came for the smokers
and I did not speak out
because I was not a smoker.
Then they came for the motorcycle riders
and I did not speak out
because I was not a motorcycle rider.
Then they came for the fast food eaters
and I did not speak out
because I was not a fast food eater.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.

[martin_fierro]

GMTA

[Bahbah]

Good post, SheLion.

[Tijeras_Slim]

When they come for you, there will be no one else left! :)

[martin_fierro]

Thanks.

I think.

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[Gabz]

Tobacco causes more than 440,000 deaths annually and results in more than $75 billion in direct medical costs a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

I wish they would stop trotting out this tired old bogus line of horse dung.

[HairOfTheDog]

Maybe we need to get our workplaces out of the insurance coverage business.

Really, if we knew how much our insurance coverage cost, we'd be much more inclined to keep pressure on companies for their outrageous premiums.

[elkfersupper]

You should see the hysteria I generate by walking around with an UNLIT cigarette.

I'm really getting tired of this. Time for some civil disobedience.

[knarf]

Global warming alert!
Just the next 'issue' in the never ending battle against truth, justice and the American Way.
I'm a truck driver, and I heard another driver on a talk show say that in California, if he smokes in his truck (his work place/enviornment), he can be ticketed for that particular 'violation'.
I don't know if that's true, but the more these red-herring occupiers of the mind occur, the less real business is accomplished concerning the correcting of what's wrong in our country.

Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus.

[SheLion]

First they came for the smokers and I didn't object because I wasn't a smoker...

You both are exactly right.  Where will they go next?  I am afraid to ask.....

[SheLion]

Good post, SheLion.

Pretty soon, no one will be fit for hire if the employer's continue down this line.

[SolidRedState]

Amen. This has to stop.

An employer should not be able to regulate LEGAL activities employees engage in off duty.

[carlr]

Strange,I quit smoking in March of 2003 yet my insurance premium went up again last week.
Isn`t smoking at its lowest level in decades?Insurance companies should not be anywhere near as burdened as they were in the 70s and 80s.

[Tabi Katz]

Employees must submit to random tests that detect if someone has smoked. They must also agree to searches of briefcases, purses or other belongings if company officials suspect tobacco or other banned substances have been brought on-site

The key here is that people are told in advance that this is a condition of employment. As long as they are, I don't see a problem with it.

I have to agree with John Stossel: People have a right to smoke, companies can hire and fire whom they please, and employees can accept or refuse the terms of employment.

Nurse Bloomberg, our wonderful mayor, was way out of line in telling companies they may not allow smoking on their premises. But the other side of that token is the company's right to make personnel decisions, even if they're made on the basis of something completely inane, such as smoking, tanning, or wearing red on Sundays. Must there be a law for everything?

[Gabz]

I agree with you 100%

[SheLion]

Tobacco causes more than 440,000 deaths annually and results in more than $75 billion in direct medical costs a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

I wish they would stop trotting out this tired old bogus line of horse dung.

My thoughts exactly!

American Cancer Society Admits "Mistake" in Ad

At last, the unambiguous, unvarnished truth -- the ACS had lied in their ad.

Tobacco causes more than 440,000 deaths annually and results in more than $75 billion in direct medical costs a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

I wish they would stop trotting out this tired old bogus line of horse dung.

My thoughts exactly!

American Cancer Society Admits "Mistake" in Ad

At last, the unambiguous, unvarnished truth -- the ACS had lied in their ad.

[Gabz]

You should see the hysteria I generate by walking around with an UNLIT cigarette.

I've been known to do that just to get the reaction you describe. I love the sissies that start fake coughing and waving their arms at the imagined smoke!!!!!!