I discovered this article courtesy of the ITSkeptic. Owners of Apple equipment are finding their warranty is void if they are a smoker - at least in the US as any rate.
Nicotine residue is considered a biohazard and Apple repair centres have rejected at least 2 warranty claims due to "contaminated" Mac's.
Not that I think smoking is a good thing, but isn't that going a little to extremes? As far as I know you can't catch lung cancer from an object someone happened to smoke around. Plus it's not the nicotine that causes all the health problems anyway. And if they are worried about nicotine absorption through the skin, then surely gloves are the way to go.
I can see this leading to hairdressers and manicurists refusing to serve smokers. And what about money and credit cards having been used by smokers - are these deadly? My mind is running wild on this tangent - I have a vision of smokers being forced to wear a placard of "unclean" around their necks. I had better stop there as I'll give the yankees even more bizarre ideas.
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