Smokes and the Poison...
Ho humm trampsing through the internetosphere, I recently arrived upon an article from good ole Tennessee explaining that employees at a certain hospital will now be tested for tobacco products as a restriction on being hired. Here is the story, with a tad of ranting in the text and of course afterwards:
Smokers need not apply for a job - Memorial carves out plan to emphasize health focus
As if higher tobacco taxes, steeper health insurance premiums and smoke-free workplaces weren’t enough, tobacco users have one more financial incentive to kick the habit — missed job opportunities.
Starting Feb. 1, Memorial Hospital no longer will hire people who use tobacco products, making the hospital one of a small number of employers nationwide that consider smoking status in job applicants.
Under the new rule, which does not affect current Memorial employees, those offered employment at the hospital will be tested for nicotine during their required drug test, a human resources officer said. Even nicotine gum or the patch would make a potential employee ineligible.
The decision not to hire tobacco users isn’t based on potential savings in health care costs, but rather is an extension of the hospital’s commitment to health, said Brad Pope, vice president of human resources. Like all hospitals in the region, Memorial’s entire hospital campus is tobacco-free.
(BS and more BS, like a monkey slinging it this way and that - ok like MS then. Hospitals nowadays are run for profit, not for health, and what affects the bottom line, ie health care cost, is what drives the greedy buggers to make such decisions. At least they could be honest and say it is all about the money. More later on what they should really be looking for if they were really interested in health.)
"I understand the concerns people have, but we are here for the health of our community," he said. "Like it or not, what’s proven is that tobacco is the most preventable cause of death and disability in the United States. I think the Chattanooga and surrounding communities should expect this from Memorial."
The practice of refusing employment to tobacco users began to crop up a few years ago and isn’t yet widespread, a tobacco control researcher said. Particularly in the deep South, and in a tobacco state such as Tennessee, it’s a bold move for Memorial, said pulmonologist Dr. Carlos Baleeiro, with Battlefield Pulmonology in Fort Oglethorpe
"It’s very brave of them," he said. "I’m quite impressed by Memorial." [...]
Well I'm not impressed. Why make a stand with smoking? Why not ban obese people and test for fatness. I know you ate that twinkie last night, I can see it in your eyes. Don't get me wrong smoking the additive laced cigarettes is totally bad for you. Just like eating the BPA laced food from canned goods is bad for you (ahh my heart, was it the devil weed tobacco or BPA). Oops guess the hospital forgot that one and the guardians of light, the FDA, isn't going to do a Monkey _*%$ about it so, ho humm guess all the "we are committed to health" and love puppies, because everyone loves puppies, only goes so far.
Have another plate full of BPA broccoli and a can of HFCS death soda or would you like a can of Aspartame laced diet soda served by one of the Dark Ones Donald Rumsfeld himself (who not only happens to have been instrumental in the killing of millions of Iraqis, but pushing the approval of Aspartame through the bastions of health and freedom, the FDA) and then bask in your totally warped reality of healthiness and love zone of we don't do it for the monkey I mean the money, we do it because we love people. MS!
Smokers need not apply for a job - Memorial carves out plan to emphasize health focus
As if higher tobacco taxes, steeper health insurance premiums and smoke-free workplaces weren’t enough, tobacco users have one more financial incentive to kick the habit — missed job opportunities.
Starting Feb. 1, Memorial Hospital no longer will hire people who use tobacco products, making the hospital one of a small number of employers nationwide that consider smoking status in job applicants.
Under the new rule, which does not affect current Memorial employees, those offered employment at the hospital will be tested for nicotine during their required drug test, a human resources officer said. Even nicotine gum or the patch would make a potential employee ineligible.
The decision not to hire tobacco users isn’t based on potential savings in health care costs, but rather is an extension of the hospital’s commitment to health, said Brad Pope, vice president of human resources. Like all hospitals in the region, Memorial’s entire hospital campus is tobacco-free.
(BS and more BS, like a monkey slinging it this way and that - ok like MS then. Hospitals nowadays are run for profit, not for health, and what affects the bottom line, ie health care cost, is what drives the greedy buggers to make such decisions. At least they could be honest and say it is all about the money. More later on what they should really be looking for if they were really interested in health.)
"I understand the concerns people have, but we are here for the health of our community," he said. "Like it or not, what’s proven is that tobacco is the most preventable cause of death and disability in the United States. I think the Chattanooga and surrounding communities should expect this from Memorial."
The practice of refusing employment to tobacco users began to crop up a few years ago and isn’t yet widespread, a tobacco control researcher said. Particularly in the deep South, and in a tobacco state such as Tennessee, it’s a bold move for Memorial, said pulmonologist Dr. Carlos Baleeiro, with Battlefield Pulmonology in Fort Oglethorpe
"It’s very brave of them," he said. "I’m quite impressed by Memorial." [...]
Well I'm not impressed. Why make a stand with smoking? Why not ban obese people and test for fatness. I know you ate that twinkie last night, I can see it in your eyes. Don't get me wrong smoking the additive laced cigarettes is totally bad for you. Just like eating the BPA laced food from canned goods is bad for you (ahh my heart, was it the devil weed tobacco or BPA). Oops guess the hospital forgot that one and the guardians of light, the FDA, isn't going to do a Monkey _*%$ about it so, ho humm guess all the "we are committed to health" and love puppies, because everyone loves puppies, only goes so far.
Have another plate full of BPA broccoli and a can of HFCS death soda or would you like a can of Aspartame laced diet soda served by one of the Dark Ones Donald Rumsfeld himself (who not only happens to have been instrumental in the killing of millions of Iraqis, but pushing the approval of Aspartame through the bastions of health and freedom, the FDA) and then bask in your totally warped reality of healthiness and love zone of we don't do it for the monkey I mean the money, we do it because we love people. MS!
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