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=Nicotine - Smoking=
=Nicotine - Smoking=
==2016: [https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/not-hiring-smokers-discriminatory-say-groups/SvJZLRuZwx7wJfWv6Ag82O/ Not hiring smokers is discriminatory, say groups]==
*Smokers’ rights groups and civil liberties advocates say the trend toward not hiring smokers in Ohio is discriminatory and could lead to bans against hiring others at risk of missing work.
*“While I applaud the idea of a drug-free workplace, a ban on tobacco redefines the concept,” Dyer said.


=Nicotine - Snus / Smokeless Tobacco=
=Nicotine - Snus / Smokeless Tobacco=


=Nicotine - ENDS / Vaping=
=Nicotine - ENDS / Vaping=
=Healthism - A New Form of Discrimination?=
==2014:  [https://ilr.law.uiowa.edu/print/volume-99-issue-2/healthism-and-the-law-of-employment-discrimination/ Healthism and the Law of Employment Discrimination]==
*What if employers could use personal (legal) choices related to our wellness to make decisions regarding whether to hire us? Recently, employers around the country attempted to do just that.
*Nicotine
*Body mass index (“BMI”)—a medical heuristic—uses a person’s height and weight to approximate their amount of body fat.
*Legal lifestyle choices
*Off duty alcohol
*Cholesterol
*Blood Pressure
*Insurance premiums
==[https://www.aclu.org/other/lifestyle-discrimination-workplace-your-right-privacy-under-attack Lifestyle Discrimination in the Workplace: Your Right to Privacy Under Attack ]==
*Private employers are using the power of the paycheck to tell their employees what they can and cannot do in the privacy of their own homes.
*Virtually every lifestyle choice we make has some health-related consequence. Where do we draw the line as to what an employer can regulate? Should an employer be able to forbid an employee from going skiing? or riding a bicycle? or sunbathing on a Saturday afternoon? All of these activities entail a health risk.
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