expensive ciggarettes

I know that this is a little behind the times but I've been thinking about this company in Michigan that has fired its smoking employees. Apperently they are bassing this decision on the fact that smoker health costs are prohibitive and driving up the cost of insurance. I have worked for two diffrent companys. one was a medium size and the other was quite small. In both instances I have witnessed the diffrent ailments that sent our employees and their families to seek mecical treatment. As far as I can tell the greatest cause of their ailments are either old age or extreem young age. Yes, young age. the children of the insured seem to need constant medical attention for such things as vacinations and colds and flu. not to mention broken bones and assorted bumps and bruises. then there is the old age factor. which seems to put a much larger drain on these insurance funds. in my last job the boss had both knees replaced and his wife had more back surgeries than I could keep track of. Do I think that people with kids and old folks should loose their jobs? No. of course I dont. As a matter of fact I belive there are laws to that regard. Its called descrimination. There is no law against smoking and just from what I've seen in my limited experience the smokers (who are not breaking the law) are not costing anymore or less than the old and the young.

By the way, have you seen the owner of the michigan company? He looks pretty old to me. I wonder what his medical bills are each year?