Smokers, Discriminated Against in Employment in The U.s
by Candidates for positions in hospitals or clinics in the U.S. are rejected in the home smokes. Medical officials say the aim of increasing productivity, reducing health care costs and encourage a healthy lifestyle.
This policy still reflects frustration that efforts so far, the prohibition of smoking in institutions or programs in which smokers were encouraged to leave the defect, etc.. Did not give expected results, as The New York Times reports.
The new policy treats illegal cigarettes as a drug. Those who apply for a job must clearly specify in their resume that does not smoke and to undergo a urine test to prove that not smoking. In addition, employees who are surprised that the smoke will be immediately dismissed.
Stir measures, as expected, the controversy, even anti-tobacco groups are obliged to admit that they get into the private lives of people, banning the habit of otherwise legal.
“If enough for many companies adopt this policy, then it will become extremely difficult for smokers to find a job, and there will be consequences,” said Dr. Michael Siegel, a professor at the School of Public Health Boston University. And unemployment is detrimental health, “he warns.
One in five Americans smokes
Policy not to hire smokers last year has already spread to several states, including Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas, other states considering a similar measure.
Nearly one in five Americans smokes, this defect is the leading cause of death, but could be prevented. And an employee who smokes costs an average estimated at 3391 dollars a year, both in terms of health costs, but also in terms of productivity.
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