QUIT OR YOU'RE FIRED
In an effort to reduce health care costs, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company has threaten to fire smokers -- beginning next fall. They're not talking about smoking on the job. No, this is smoking -- period.

I'm all for getting everyone off tobacco. And I think Scotts is well intentioned -- concerned not only about their bottom line but also about their employees. I might even go along with making smokers pay additional insurance premiums -- maybe. But the Scotts approach seems a little extreme. You begin to wonder if they'll want to regulate diet next. Then will they require employees to install electronics in their personal cars to monitor safe driving habits?

Of course, if you can't quit smoking, does that mean that you can file for medical disability? This whole approach opens up a big big can of worms and I'm not sure that the suits at Scotts really want to go there.