Tobacco-free hiring policies may be a growing trend but according to groups like the American Civil Liberties Union, they’re discriminatory.
In 2006, voters in Ohio approved a smoking ban that prohibited smoking in public places and places of employment. The Ohio Department of Health began enforcing this new policy in May 2007. The Ohio Smoke-Free Workplace Act has led to an uptick in smokers, a practice that civil liberties advocates and smoker rights groups consider to be alarming, discriminatory and could be a gateway to discriminatory actions outside of smoking and tobacco.
