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Are Off-Hours Bans Becoming a Nationwide Trend?
Jump to full article: ABC News, 2010-01-22
Author: MARY McGUIRT and JOSEPH BROWNSTEIN
Intro: One Tennessee hospital is sending a very clear message to its future employees: if you smoke, you are not wanted here.
Beginning Feb. 1, Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., will no longer hire new employees who use any type of tobacco products.
According to a statement on the hospital's Web site, anyone offered a job with the hospital will be required to test fornicotine use, in addition to the previously administered drug test.
The statement, which is located under the career section of the hospital's Web site, reads in part:
"… effective February 1, 2010, Memorial Health Care System will no longer hire individuals who use tobacco or nicotine products in any form. Memorial Health Care System and its affiliates recognize the major importance of associates' health and well being, and the responsibility of maintaining a healthy and safe environment for all associates, volunteers, patients and visitors. " (Click here for the full statement:)
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