C. Making the transition to a smokefree workforce 1. The American Lung Association, American Heart Association, and American Cancer Society can give advice on programs available, and their costs. Other incentives to induce employees to quit might include a lottery in which all quitters could participate. Other companies arrange their insurance to give smokers an incentive to quit. Enrollment forms for health plans and insurance benefits will usually contain a request for information on smoking or nonsmoking habits and failure to respond truthfully may result in a denial of claims for benefits.
Applicants are give a physical examination which includes a urine test.
Any applicants who say that they are former smokers who have quit are warned that they may be fired for lying about that. Other employers who have stopped hiring smokers include Litho Industries, Inc., a printing company in Raleigh, North Carolina, and New Brunswick Scientific Co., a bio-medical equipment maker in Edison, New Jersey. At the latter company, if an employee is found to be smoking away from work a counseling session is scheduled before any further action is taken. Medical tests for smoking An applicant for an employment health or life insurance plan may refuse to submit to a urine or saliva test, and an insurer may deny insurance for such refusal. Health and other insurers will not usually require a claimant to take a test to confirm nonsmoker status unless there is reason to believe that he or she is a secret smoker.