No jobs for smokers

[YALE]

How so?

They have a baseline premium deducted from our checks, and credits are given back for a high enough, "healthy lifestyle," score, which is determined by a physical and a basic blood panel once a year. I'm fat and out of shape, so I don't get credited anything back.

[Bobby C 01TA]

smoking is fucking nasty.

x 10

[GrayStangGT]

As far as the job thing goes, I can see their point about insurance but its still discrimination. They either need to treat smokers equally or make cigarettes illegal.

I don't smoke so I can only look at it from the employer side. To me there is a simple solution, if you choose to smoke the employer should be allowed to single you out and deny providing insurance benefits or make you pay the difference over a nonsmoker. I am 100% for what you do on your own time is your business as long as you show up to work and do a good job, but when it starts costing me money its my business.

[DON SVO]

They're charging me more for being a fatass.

How so?

[YALE]

Insurance companies have higher premiums if the insured is a known smoker. They currently aren't charging higher premiums for fatasses. Simple as that.

They're charging me more for being a fatass.

[kevinmandez]

This is completely understandable if your company covers health insurance.

[94form2000z]

Not when you work indoors chief. I used to work with an Indian guy who hardly ever bathed. He was the smelliest guy I have ever smelled with my smeller. His smell lingered in the air for hours after he finished his shift. Luckily for us, and I think they created this "rule" especially for this, HR told him he needs to bathe. Took care of that! Now we have this broad who smokes like a GD chimney and smells of Newports and cheap perfume. It truly is hard to breath around her...word on the streets is she smokes a pack a day.

I work with some Canadians that don't smoke and they have god awful body odor. I can't imagine a smoker smelling near as disgusting as these people.

I smoke only once most days at work and that is when I leave to go to lunch. I guarantee you being a smoker does nothing to my work performance.

My thoughts on the matter is that people need to mind their own business and go somewhere that smoking is not allowed. Simple enough.

[The King]

I think you're right, it's either Dallas County or City of Dallas employees.

[jewozzy]

Was it Dallas? I thought it was all of America when I heard. You're probably right though. I was half asleep when I was listening to the radio

oh maybe it is all of america. i was under the impression it was just dallas county (not businesses in dallas county but dallas county govt.)

[A+]

Was it Dallas? I thought it was all of America when I heard. You're probably right though. I was half asleep when I was listening to the radio

[jewozzy]

dallas county just adopted a policy that smokers have to pay 50 a month extra on their health insurance...

[onemeangixxer7502]

LOL the smoking vs fat is funny, when the smokers stop smoking they tend to gain a lot of weight.Nicotine curbs z appetite.

[A+]

They currently aren't charging higher premiums for fatasses.

Yet

[DON SVO]

Insurance companies have higher premiums if the insured is a known smoker. They currently aren't charging higher premiums for fatasses. Simple as that.

[The King]

The sun has set on smokers and their "rights", just like it has for unions and their contracts.