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Okay. So...I read comments in the article, link below.In all, about four out of 10 employers reward or penalize employees based on tobacco use. But hiring bans, which are legal in 21 states, are gaining traction, with about 4% adopting the policy and an additional 2% planning to do so next year, according to a recent study by the National Business Group on Health and consulting firm Towers Watson (TW). Most firms simply ask job candidates if they smoke, but a few require candidates to take urine tests to be screened for nicotine, as part of a broader drug test.
finance.yahoo.com/news/warning--smoking-is-hazardous-to-your-employment-173111627.html
So it's for health reasons, or insurance reasons? Okay. But doesn't that open up a loop hole? What about people who drink booze? Um, caffeine addicts like me? I kid you not, at times, I literally have a coffee and a soda/coke, mainly a can of mtn dew in the same hour. -_- why would I do that? Cause I feel like this afterwards, that is why.

And then I crash like Dane Cook's career but that is another story for another time.
Someone said in the comments that this opens up your boss telling you what to do in your personal life. The thought of a employer telling me what to do in my life, I really do not like. Is your boss or company going to tell you now that 'Uh, don't watch this many hours of TV a day', or 'Oh, can you tone down your steam playing time online?' 'Oh, could you add the company onto your social media accounts, like, gee, all of them?'
And Tobacco is a legal drug in this country. You can smoke, chew, or dip it. So, are these companies saying 'NO' to even people who dip/chew? What about e-cigs?
Ending, now I feel like this...
