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Ethical concerns in tobacco control nonsmoker and "nonnicotine" hiring policies: The implications of employment restrictions for tobacco control

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Smoking has been restricted in workplaces for some time. A number of organizations with health promotion or tobacco control goals have taken the further step of implementing employment restrictions. These restrictions apply to smokers and, in some cases, to anyone testing positive on cotinine tests, which also capture users of nicotine-replacement therapy and those exposed to secondhand smoke. Such policies are defended as closely related to broader antismoking goals: first, only nonsmokers can be role models and advocates for tobacco control; second, nonsmoker and "nonnicotine" hiring policies help denormalize tobacco use, thus advancing a central aspect of tobacco control. However, these arguments are problematic: not only can hiring restrictions comeinto conflict with broader antismoking goals, but they also raise significant problems of their own.

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  • Voigt, K., 2012. "Ethical concerns in tobacco control nonsmoker and "nonnicotine" hiring policies: The implications of employment restrictions for tobacco control," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 102(11), pages 2013-2018.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2012.300745_9
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300745
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    1. Pierre-Olivier Robert & Adeline Grard & Nora Mélard & Martin Mlinarić & Arja Rimpelä & Matthias Richter & Anton E Kunst & Vincent Lorant, 2020. "The effect of school smoke-free policies on smoking stigmatization: A European comparison study among adolescents," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(7), pages 1-15, July.

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