Judge Leon also found that a similar conflict existed on the menthol issue because a ban on menthol would increase the market for smoking cessation drugs by causing many smokers to want to quit. Thus, having a current financial interest in a pharmaceutical company was a clear conflict of interest.
This is blatant employment discrimination, and it is ugly. However, what readers should realize is that it is no more ugly than policies that refuse to hire smokers. My hope is that the obvious inappropriateness of this policy will open employers' eyes to the equal inappropriateness of refusing to hire smokers. Discriminatory hiring practices are simply wrong, and it is time that public health advocates starting standing up for justice for workers.
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