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Could Refusing to Hire Smokers Backfire?

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.
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Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

Florida is one of the places where you can lose out on a job offer if you’re a smoker. On the latest edition of Freakonomics Radio from NPR’s Marketplace, Stephen Dubner explains the implications of laws that allow employers to refuse to hire an applicant if they smoke. 

 

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