{"id":7434,"date":"2013-02-20T09:54:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T14:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=7434"},"modified":"2013-02-20T10:10:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T15:10:04","slug":"penn-health-tobacco-free-hires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2013\/02\/penn-health-tobacco-free-hires\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn Health To Go Tobacco Free for New Hires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Penn Health will implementing a new policy starting this summmer that all new hires with a few exceptions must be<a href=\"http:\/\/sites\/insidesurgery.com\/files.philly.com\/philly\/business\/20130220_Penn_Health_System_to_stop_hiring_smokers.html\"> tobacco free<\/a> for six months as a condition of employment. Officials at the health system give several reasons, including reduced healthcare costs for insuring employees. Employees hired under the new rule will be subject to possible dismissal if they are found to have used alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>The condition applies to physicians, including new residents and fellows starting in July, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The first major health system to adopt such measures was the Cleveland Clinic in 2007.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2013\/02\/penn-health-tobacco-free-hires\/pennstarview\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7441\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7441\" alt=\"Penn health\" src=\"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pennstarview-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penn Health will implementing a new policy starting this summmer that all new hires with a few exceptions must be tobacco free for six months as a condition of employment. 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