A Michigan company's decision to stop hiring smokers has angered employment lawyers who allege that the policy reeks of discrimination. Some attorneys say the policy, which also requires that all employees undergo testing for tobacco use, goes too far in that it aims to regulate legal activity. Moreover, they argue, it monitors what people do outside the workplace and discriminates against their lifestyles, a practice that is banned in 29 states with smokers' rights statutes.
January 25, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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