PHOENIX (AP) — Health insurer Humana Inc. says it will begin testing all Arizona job applicants for tobacco use, and those who light up won't get the gig.
The company says it will test new workers for nicotine use starting Friday, using a pre-employment urine drug screen.
Humana implemented a tobacco ban for new employees in Ohio two years ago. That program didn't test for nicotine use among new hires like the Arizona program will, but the company says the effort has worked.
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