1. Lifestyle discrimination in the workplace & its implications
Michelle Wang

2. Lifestyle discrimination
Discrimination because of conduct and behaviors off the job
Smoking
not hiring smokers/nicotine screenings
Being overweight
“voluntary” health assessments

3. Who is affected?
People of color are targeted by these forms of lifestyle discrimination in the workplace
Rhetoric surrounding discrimination
Who smokes?
What it means to be “healthy”
Biopower
Source: Center for Disease Control

4. conclusion
Discrimination against smokers and the overweight in the workplace is not about concern for employees’ health
People of color are disproportionately impacted by these lifestyle discriminations
There are better determinants of health than whether one smokes or what one eats
Social determinants of health