Smokers have serious health issues. This leads to higher absenteeism and higher costs for their health insurance. Being addicted, they need their frequent smoke breaks, which burdens other employees who have to cover for them. Many smokers stink, even when they are not smoking, because the smoke odor gets into their hair, clothes and bodies, so they are not nice to be around.
As addicts, smokers have lost control over a part of their lives. Would you hire an out-of-control alcoholic? Or some heroin junkie who needs to shoot up every few hours? I didn't think so.
Some big employers will no longer hire smokers. The World Health Organization comes to mind. If a smoker is too weak-willed to get clean from his habit, isn't that a serious personality defect? Nicotine is controlling his life. The smoker is a loser.
So if I owned a business I would not hire a smoker. What about you?
Oh yes, they will sometimes say their smoking is a "right". FACT: It is a habit, not a right.
2007-02-26
12:18:57
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