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Re:America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling by the_only_law on Thursday March 16, 2023 @09:19PM (#35191478)
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.
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Re:America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling by agentwiggles on Thursday March 16, 2023 @09:33PM (#35191643)
That raises my eyebrows... How do they plan to validate this? What's to stop one from just... lying?
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Re:America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling by orangepurple on Thursday March 16, 2023 @10:43PM (#35192267)
Urinalysis
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Re:America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling by agentwiggles on Thursday March 16, 2023 @11:27PM (#35192631)
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.
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Re:America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling by labster on Friday March 17, 2023 @12:39AM (#35193199)
Why is that ridiculous? Health insurance costs more for smokers. Hiring non-smokers just makes economic sense.
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