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Company programs help to keep lid on health-care costs
Jump to full article: Columbus (OH) Dispatch, 2008-05-04
Author: Catherine Candisky THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Intro: A year after Ohio banned smoking in most workplaces, many businesses are pursuing a loftier goal -- smoke-free workers.
Getting employees to give up nicotine can help businesses reduce health-care costs and increase productivity.
"The healthier you are, the less ill you are going to be and the less health care you are going to need," said Kathleen Herath, vice president for health and productivity for Nationwide Insurance, which offers smoking-cessation programs for employees and family members.
About 40 percent of companies offer programs to help employees kick the habit
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