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To: upchuck
"If increased medical costs are a consideration for banning employee tobacco use, then ponder this: obesity is also a national health crisis. According to the CDC obesity costs employers some $147 billion a year."

How about other factors, like gay sex, illegal drug use, risky hobbies ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3 posted on 09/25/2011 7:51:06 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Truth29

Does this mean that they’d not hire my son who’s a T1 diabetic?

According to this, they would. He has higher medical costs, after all.


9 posted on 09/25/2011 7:58:53 AM PDT by Marie (Rock you like a Herman-CAIN!)
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