Hi,
My workplace recently issued a clarification to the tobacco-free policy to explicitly include e-cigarettes. They state that the policy covers "all forms of tobacco use, including cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, cigars, pipes and smokeless tobacco". The policy also extends to hiring - nobody who uses tobacco can be hired.
I believe that e-cigarettes are wrongly defined as tobacco use. I find the whole policy inappropriate, especially the part of not hiring smokers, but not hiring vapers?
Does CASAA or anyone else have any form of informational tool or method of challenging such abusive inclusions? I wonder what is the basis for such a policy - are there any new pieces of information showing risks or hazards related to vaping?
It's very concerning. My employer is the kind that can influence state policies and other businesses, traditionally, follow the example of employers such as mine. Right now, they are very aggressively targeting currently employed tobacco users with cessation programs and public shaming and counseling and all sorts of measures. I'm assuming I will get in that same boat now, as a vaper. And I am pretty sure soon they will start firing whatever they define as tobacco users who fail to quit in spite of the extensive programs.
I feel like I am in some dark dystopia. It's hard to believe this is the USA anymore.
Any suggestions?
My workplace recently issued a clarification to the tobacco-free policy to explicitly include e-cigarettes. They state that the policy covers "all forms of tobacco use, including cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, cigars, pipes and smokeless tobacco". The policy also extends to hiring - nobody who uses tobacco can be hired.
I believe that e-cigarettes are wrongly defined as tobacco use. I find the whole policy inappropriate, especially the part of not hiring smokers, but not hiring vapers?
Does CASAA or anyone else have any form of informational tool or method of challenging such abusive inclusions? I wonder what is the basis for such a policy - are there any new pieces of information showing risks or hazards related to vaping?
It's very concerning. My employer is the kind that can influence state policies and other businesses, traditionally, follow the example of employers such as mine. Right now, they are very aggressively targeting currently employed tobacco users with cessation programs and public shaming and counseling and all sorts of measures. I'm assuming I will get in that same boat now, as a vaper. And I am pretty sure soon they will start firing whatever they define as tobacco users who fail to quit in spite of the extensive programs.
I feel like I am in some dark dystopia. It's hard to believe this is the USA anymore.
Any suggestions?