Re:America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling
by the_only_law on Thursday March 16, 2023 @09:19PM
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It’s gotten so ridiculous I’ve started to see jobs… fully remote… that say will refuse to hire you if you use any nicotine products, explicitly including quitting aids like gums and patches.
Re:America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling
by agentwiggles on Thursday March 16, 2023 @09:33PM
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That raises my eyebrows... How do they plan to validate this? What's to stop one from just... lying?
Re:America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling
by orangepurple on Thursday March 16, 2023 @10:43PM
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Urinalysis
Re:America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling
by agentwiggles on Thursday March 16, 2023 @11:27PM
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A quick google suggests nicotine stays in your system for just a few days after quitting. I realize of course that it's hard to just quit nicotine on a whim for a few days, but I imagine most could do it for the sake of a job.
I guess if flavor bans don't count for you, this wouldn't bother you. For me, this is a major "throwing the baby out with the bathwater" move that will remove access to a class of product with great effectiveness for smoking cessation and harm reduction. The reasoning, to my eye, seem to be largely moral panic bullshit, largely caused by the popularity of vaping among teenagers. (Why not impose harsher penalties for stores selling to underage kids? Seems to work fairly well for liquor in my experience.)
I'm also generally opposed to prohibition and think adults should be able to decide what goes into their bodies, so I'm opposed in principle.