The health risks of smoking have prompted hospitals and medical businesses to refuse hiring people addicted to nicotine. Their efforts to promote a healthier lifestyle have led them to turn away applicants who smoke and will test their urine to detect traces of nicotine. New employees who are caught smoking face termination. Many states have passed legislation blocking the ban on smokers citing it becomes an invasion of privacy for employers to force their workers to quit a habit which is legal.
The field of medicine has long warned smokers of the risks smoking cause their health. Smoking can cause pulmonary diseases like emphysema and bronchitis. The development of numerous cancers can be directly linked to smoking. Many types of lung cancer including mesothelioma are contracted by smokers. Another type of cancer directly link to smoking is bladder cancer in men.
Mesothelioma a cancer developed in the lining of internal organs like the lungs, stomach and reproductive organs. Patients who suffer from this rare type of cancer have a high mortality rate even when treated with chemotherapy and radiation. Mesothelioma is caused by exposure to asbestos. The naturally mineral was used as a construction material throughout the twentieth century until it was banned in the mid 80’s.The majority of patients who contract mesothelioma work in construction and renovation or lived with people who work in these fields. Although smoking doesn’t cause asbestos related cancers, individuals who smoke increase their chances of contracting the fatal cancer.
