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TBS SHIIOEt HIltIIM BAN FACP You can get the address of your local cable operating catQany frcm your bill. Ted Turner' s address at TBS is : Mr. Ted Turner Turner Broadcasting Systan, Inc. 1050 Tecraaood Drive, NW Atlanta, CA 30318 For added inpact you can call TBS at (404) 827-1717 to say you have written a letter opposing their policy. Your letter will help stem the tide of job discrimination based on persona]l habits. Please feel free to use any or all of the following points when writing your letter. ° A ban on hiring srokers is discriminatory and unfair; it erodes the civil rights of all employees. ° A more suitable way to address the needs of strokexs and non-smk,ers is to have manac,~ement and employees design a workplace policy that takes into acoauLt the rights of each group. ' A greater percentage of blacks and young wamen smoke than whites or young men. Such a policy can worsen discrimination against these groups, and erase the gains in the workplace that they have made in recent years. ° Personal habits unrelated to job conduct should not serve mrazg the criteria for employment. Ffiat group will be discriminated against next?