He was still changing the implied contract. If they did not wish to quit smoking, he could have used the money he would have spent on stop smoking assistance for job hunting assistance.
That is true - but he didn't do that. Lousy thing to do, but it was his perogative.
I don't like what he did, nor advocate others doing it - however what he did was within the law, thus really a moot point.
My biggest problem is that now people are now advocating for more government regulation on businesses to prevent this from happening in the future - and people wonder why so many businesses are closing, outsourcing or just plain moving out of the country?