The Avalanche Journal’s “Our View” on UMC’s anti-nicotine policy in the Oct. 3 edition is completely one-sided and does not “make sense” as you state. I do not smoke, and I do not appreciate secondhand smoke, but I am not going to infringe on someone else’s rights in order to make my rights the priority. Tobacco users have been singled out and criticized for years, yet tobacco companies continue to produce their products in abundance, while taxes on said products continue to skyrocket.
You state the “policy is a logical one,, and “Doesn’t it seem appropriate businesses in health-related industries would take the lead in promoting good health practices among their employees?” So my question is, “What’s next?” Will they stop hiring people who consume alcohol, abuse prescription drugs, and people who are overweight? Surely those do not promote good health practices.
This has nothing to do with promoting good health practices. It’s all about control and discrimination, whether it’s lawful or not. We should all be concerned when entities (private or government) start denying employment based on someone’s personal weakness.
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