Law, insurance, discrimination

[Yankee802]

While others have touched briefly on this subject from different angles in different threads, I haven't found any that bring up this point.

When taking a health exam for any kind of insurance or job, what are or will be the laws or policies for those that vape? Insurance premiums, job status, etc..

One would assume, am I'm sure we are all hoping, and betting our lives on, that vaping is MUCH safer than smoking. Of course we need research done, and the FDA isn't going to do it. But I feel that we should NOT be discriminated against by higher insurance premiums, lost jobs, or anything else because there is nicotine in our blood/urine.

Being "non-smokers" we should qualify as such. If the (and another reason I'm against it) FDA classifies e-cigaretts as tobacco products, we will be back to being classified as "smokers"

I guess the only solution to this is quit vaping (as well as smokig), or 0mg juice.

We need to start thinking about this and related issues and get proactive in setting policies and laws.

Thoughts?

 

[ChipCurtis]

Well, there is a hospital in Tennessee that is discriminating against employees who even use recreational nicotine during their off-hours. Other than this and a few other extreme cases, you're probably okay to just tell your job or insurance company that you don't smoke, and don't even bring up the issue of e-cigs. Just say you don't smoke. If they test your lungs for carbon monoxide, you'll come up clean.

Now, if the issue becomes nicotine in your bloodstream, you might be able to get away with saying you're still on the patch or gum because you're still in a state of 'quitting' and need those medications.

 

[Janetda]

Actually, some places are doing a pee-test for cotinine. They will not hire you if you have ANY nicotine in your system. They don't care if it's the patch or not.