Would You Hire a Cigarette Smoker if You Knew Smoking Caused Brain Damage?
Question by Not so looney afterall: Would you hire a cigarette smoker if you knew smoking caused brain damage?
“Scientists say cigarettes’ most addictive component — nicotine — may also lead to degeneration in a region of the brain that affects emotional control, sexual arousal, REM sleep and seizures.
The findings, reported in a new study, could help doctors pinpoint the part of the brain that gives some people increased susceptibility to chronic smoking or drug addiction, researchers said.
“Nicotine causes the most selective degeneration in the brain that I have ever seen,” said the study’s lead author, neuroscientist Gaylord Ellison. He and other colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, published their findings in the latest issue of Neuropharmacology, a Bristol, England-based medical journal. ”
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Answer by andy g
If the person was qualified for the job Yes otherwise it would be discrimination!!!!
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