Isn smoking or chewing tobacco a personal legal right?
We are not asking employees, visitors and patients to quit using tobacco products, but to refrain from these activities while visiting or working at any of The Medical Center of Aurora’s campuses. Recent court rulings maintain that tobacco users are not entitled to protection against discrimination as disabled persons. Tobacco users are addicted to the nicotine, not the cigarettes or chew, which is the delivery device. There is no such thing as a legal right to smoke or chew tobacco on someone else’s property.
