Why do they ask you if you smoke?

weirdpuckett · Jan 3, 2019

scottied67 said: ↑

They are trying to eliminate smoking in the trucking industry. Smoking is a major cause of distracted driving. Studies have shown that people who smoke get less REM sleep, have higher cholesterol, cardio-pulmonary problems, deep vein thrombosis, and a myriad of other health issues which costs the company more to provide health insurance. Smokers often suffer from debilitating depression, anger, anxiety and other mental disorders which were not present in their lives before becoming horribly addicted tobacco junkies. The American Truck Alliance has funded research that shows the vast majority of trucking job hoppers are smokers, the reason being that they are generally not happy with a life of addiction to nicotine and tobacco and are in constant search of 'something new' when the true answer would be a simple to any monkey is to quit burning tobacco in front of your face and sucking in the poisons. The American Lung Association Annual Bi-Monthly Report offered that smokers often have a smaller network of friends in life which may be a contributing factor in their shorter lives not to mention directly inhaling nasty poisons into their bodies and exhaling and forcing their immediate neighbors to ignorant suffering. Smoking cigarettes produces .08% of the pollution of a truck idling for 8 hours. Many municipalities are banning fires in your fireplace at home and eliminating smoking inside the home is on the agenda of the smoking-control political establishment.Truckers typically flick their still hot butts out the window while driving and if a fire results the company could be held responsible for all damages.

In short it's better all around for them to hire non-smokers. The companies have heard the Chris Rock PSA on Not Gun Control But Bullet Control wherein if you really want to stop gun crimes, sell bullets for $5000 each. Smoking Control advocates are lobbying to increase the price of a unit of tobacco to such an exhorbitant price that no one could afford the privilege of poisoning themselves, others and especially contributing to Global Heating with their wasteful,obnoxious, noxious, tobacco drug addiction which is the gateway drug to full blown heroin use as has been proven in study after study by the American Institution of Concerned Social Scientists.
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Dang! Hows that for a response? Heeeeee!

SoCalRed · Jan 3, 2019

Brandonpdx said: ↑

Pretty straightforward. Why are they wanting to know this? I've spoken to a recruiter with Swift and she sent me an email requesting a couple of personal references and an emergency contact, but the first question on this page was "Do you smoke?" or "Are you a smoker?" (Can't recall the exact phrasing). Questions like this kind of tick me off actually, because you always wonder in the back of your mind if this is some corporate BS looking to discriminate against people based on their answer.

What's the thoughts on this? The more sanctimonious and uptight the answers the better!
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They want to make sure they team you with a smoker.

weirdpuckett · Jan 3, 2019

They just want to bum smokes off of you during orientation.......hmmmmmm

#wishfulthinking · Jan 3, 2019

MACK E-6 said: ↑

This one doesn’t. Some of us can smoke and drive, and lose no productivity.
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Me too.

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