Smart Talk: Smokers need not apply
WellSpan Health is one of the region’s largest healthcare providers with more than 100 facilities. WellSpan is also York County’s biggest employer, so when WellSpan announced it would no longer hire employees who smoke or use tobacco products, the news garnered a lot of attention.
WellSpan is not the region’s first healthcare provider to not hire smokers and probably won’t be the last.
The company’s Vice President of Human Resources appears on Smart Talk to explain the policy.
Lynette Zeiders of Enola is a lung and breast cancer survivor. What she wasn’t was a smoker. Zeiders is on Friday’s Smart Talk to discuss the importance of early screening for lung cancer.
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