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Geisinger is joining dozens of hospitals and medical organizations across the country that are encouraging healthier living, decreasing absenteeism and reducing health care costs by adopting strict policies that make smoking a reason to turn away job applicants

If the goal is to encourage healthier living, then I'm pretty sure that the policy will be amended to include fat people in the "not hiring" category, because, they have higher health care costs, are absent more than non-fat(obese) people, and might be less productive than normal-sized people. It's coming.

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Our local hospital will kick a patient out if they leave the property to smoke.

Last time I was in the hospital some 15 odd years ago, I had a whole network of nurses who would take me to the cafeteria to smoke at all hours of the day or night.