Vapng medical professionals would be a great example to their patients. It's a pity you guys feel like you have to be secretive because of silly bureaucratic policies.
Why is vaping so "secretive" and not talked about in the medical field with most of you here?...at my home its well received and suggested by all medical professions as a method to quit analogs..I don't understand why people can't be openly speaking about it and do all this stealth vaping so others won't know, or are afraid to let their coworkers know..seems kinda strange to me.....maybe in Mass , we (the medical people) are more liberal and open minded to new ideas and newer things, alternative methods...the ends justifies the means ....we don't hide our vaping from anybody, and suggest it to everybody...
That's awesome! Good to know I'm not the only medic in the oilfield giving kits away to get people to quit, too. We make enough money that we can afford to be caring, hey?Paramedic here... Recently switched from ambulances to working on an offshore oil rig with a 150 man capacity. I vaped in my clinic all day long until I cam out again Thursday and was told e-cigs are restricted to the two smoking areas. Now I smoke in my room, in the back of my infirmary behind a curtain... and in my room after 6pm.
I have already gave away and sold several ego kits since working offshore. I cam out with 3 starter kits from fasttech to give away or sell at cost this time out. I know a few of the guys asking about e-cigs just ran out of smokes... I tell them if they decide to keep the starter kit to bring me 20$ when they come back to the rig. So far everyone has paid up, not one person has returned the equipment ( the second option I give them )...
So who else is working christmas and/or new years this year?
This reminded me that it's also the time of year that the cigarette companies send out their dollars off coupons in their effort to keep smokers from realizing new year resolutions to quit smoking.Because the New Year is about to start, prescriptions for Chantix and nicotine patches have increased dramatically.
Szot: A recent (2013 I think) court ruling allows companies to do this. Something about being able to protect their self interests. I'll see if I can find a link.
EDIT: Can't find it, I think I'm wrong on this specific. But it does seem that federal law DOES allow for discrimination against nicotine. But then you have specific state laws about it too, pro or con. Obviously I'm not a lawyer though, so I don't know how all of this interplays.
List of currently smoker protected states: Smoker Protection Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although it also depends on if you live in a "Right to Work" state. VA is a right to work state so as long as you are not a protected discrimination class, you can be fired for any reason.
Good info with that link..I live in Massachusetts which is not a protected state nor a "right to work" state but no hospitals require an employee agreement not to use nicotine...also I own homes in Florida another non protected state but IS a "right to work state" (basically means NO unions allowed) , and they too also do not require employee agreements regarding nicotine... I for one would never work for any Nazi company that required such a personal invasion employee agreement..and I own a few businesses myself (restaurant, sports bar, Harley dealership, gov consulting firm, vape shop, construction and flipping houses, etc, and couldn't imagine even requiring my employees to adhere to MY rules when away from the workplace...that's going way overboard and as close to being OWNED as humanly possible..I would drive 100 miles just to work elsewhere and keep my personal freedoms.... next, companies like that will tell U what color clothes to wear and what food to eat..
Nurse is the correct term. Its gender neutral.( is "nurse" also correct for male?^^)
I stand corrected...it appears there are about 7 small hospitals in the state of Massachusetts that stopped hiring tobacco users....But the other 100 or so larger well known hospitals, appear to allow it either off campus or 25 feet away from any building, but provide smoking cessation classes for employees..
Massachusetts Hospital Association | Hospital Honor Roll