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A comment on U-Haul to Implement Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy. Parent comment

Re:U-Haul to Implement Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy by smnrchrds on Friday January 03, 2020 @12:01AM (#21943357)
Drinking can work as a proxy for belonging or not belonging to certain religions. There must be at least enough standing to challenge such a policy in court, if not win the case. Of course the correlation is not r=1, but it is high enough to question whether religion is being targeted by proxy.

Which reminds me that not consuming nicotine and caffeine could be a proxy for being Mormon. So those policies might find their way into courts as well.

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Re:U-Haul to Implement Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy by jachee on Friday January 03, 2020 @12:09AM (#21943400)
Not many religions associated with nicotine, though.

Unless one were to count the Juul cult.

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Re:U-Haul to Implement Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy by nwmcsween on Friday January 03, 2020 @02:40AM (#21944044)
Native Americans would probably disagree
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Re:U-Haul to Implement Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy by dirtyoldmick on Friday January 03, 2020 @12:20AM (#21943448)
Voodoo and Native American religions use tobacco.
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