If your business is in one of these states, you cannot factor an employees legal use of tobacco (and in states like Arizona, California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Nevada, their legal use of marijuana) outside of the workplace into your employment decision making process, whether thats during the hiring process or otherwise throughout the term of their employment
Longer comments were along the same lines: [Age 2529]: I think it looks like a very nice product from the packaging and I think people would use it, I would recommend it. [Age 2529]: I already quit smoking so I wont be trying but could be helpful to others. [Age 3034]: Looks tasty, but I dont need it. Similarly, comments from people who had never smoked were either negative or detached in tone
For instance, in October 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics, a UK-based government department, in the UK in 2023, individuals aged 25 to 34 recorded the highest smoking rate, with 14.0% identified as current smokers
COVID-19 is after all primarily a respiratory disease, so should not smoking make it worse
