Without getting too technical. I feel they will eventually ban "Tobacco Use" of any kind.
Yes healtcare is sky rocketing and the ill effects of smoking partially contributes to the higher costs.
Bottom line, UPS is not making you quit. Although I feel, they would like you to quit to help reduce your major healthcare issues down the road because of it.
It's your choice right now.
The Scotts company in Ohio bans the use of tobacco and does not hire smokers period! They do random drug testing for signs of tobacco use. They've been taken to court because of this practice. I think they have won the case. (Search the internet for the info)
I feel UPS is reducing the worst evil of the two forms of tobacco use in the tractor, thus reducing a bigger liability. (Fire)
It's one thing to say smoking is not healthy, I agree with that, but to say smoking is the major cause of fire in trucks is ludicrous, or the potential of. There is also several other things that lead to expanded INS. costs as well, like greed. people are blinded by the fact that greed does not play a roll in expanded costs across the board.
Again as I have said before, people can make arguments for everything, one fine example is carbon emissions from the vehicles we drive, people sustain the argument that carbon emissions, (just to name one emission,) is bad for us and the environment, I would agree, but most of us still start a car, adding to our demise, start a truck, adding to our demise, the SUV is a major player in the mix to our demise. Can one see the addiction.
Now our current president does not consider it an issue, he could have raised and made it mandatory to raise cafe standards to 75-100 miles to a gallon, we had the technology 20 years ago and to this day do not come forth with the truth.
Big business put us into a psition where we are not only dependant but need oil so therefore it will not go anywhere soon.
As far as germs is concearned, You mite as well wipe everything down all the time, they are everywhere simply washing hands will not keep most germs off of your body, as a matter of fact, there is germs that live on ones body that cannot be removed easily, THE STREP VIRUS to name one, I am not saying one should not shower now, mind you, but if one does not want to shower, why is our GOV, and most others alike, tell us we have too, where is the freedom in society?
Again, it is not the action, it is the principal. Socialism is in our society and has been for some time, we will always find a way to not allow someone , to do something, because we consider it tacky, immoral, unethical, and with a big enough weather pattern inflict oppression. hence SOCIALISM.
I am happy your as healthy as a horse,
do not get me wrong, but my health, or the clothes line in back yard, or my SUV, or my 4 wheeler, or not wearing a helmet, or my seat belt, should be my decision, and my decision only.
It should not be the decision of some left wing radicals , or right wing religeous group,that believe they were put on this earth to save my life, that is not the grounds in which this country was founded on.