Although most Americans surveyed in a recent Gallup poll say they don't think businesses should be permitted to discriminate in hiring smokers or the obese, most believe that companies who do hire them should charge them more for health insurance.
Only one in eight Americans (12%) believe businesses should refuse to hire people who are significantly overweight, and 14% say companies should be allowed to refuse to hire smokers.
The results come from Gallup's Consumption Habits survey, conducted by phone with a random sample of more tha 1,000 adults. Twenty-one percent of respondents said they had had at least one cigarette during the prior week, and 40% considered themselves “somewhat” or “very” overweight.
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