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In reply to the discussion: Penn Health System to stop hiring smokers [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)34. Plenty of studies funded by the tobacco industry to back you up. nt
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Cleveland Clinic made smoking cessation classes available to employees, then to the entire county
Kolesar
Feb 2013
#6
They'll have to make sure people aren't lying to them, so I hope people like drug testing, too.
hughee99
Feb 2013
#21
Yep. There have been several studies that prove that smokers are less effective workers.
onehandle
Feb 2013
#38
Most smokers are poor. As the price of smoking rises, and the places you can smoke diminish...
onehandle
Feb 2013
#33
Hey, I'm a Democrat. I would put billions into a massive stop smoking program...
onehandle
Feb 2013
#37