Cleveland Clinic: no smokers need apply
I don't know quite what to make of this. I don't smoke, and never have, and don't like being around it. But I've lived 51 years on this planet without peeing in a cup, and don't intend to start now. If I worked for the Clinic, I would consider this a violation of privacy.
"While the public health goals of such policies are clear and commendable, promoting the healthy lifestyles and reducing risky behaviors ought not come at the price of basic freedoms," argued Summer Johnson of the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank in Washington.
What "basic freedoms" are we talking about here? Freedom of association and contract? Well, we know a "progressive" think tank isn't going to support those. The "freedom" to work in whatever industry you want? The big danger is that quasi-governmental cartels like the AMA will make this standard operating practice. Otherwise, the nicotine-addicted could find nicotine-addicted doctors, and everyone would be happy.
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