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[Ohio] Hiring a smoker costs a boss an extra $6,000 a year, study finds
Each worker who smokes costs his or her employer about $6,000 more a year than a nonsmoker, according to a new study. Researchers looked at the costs associated with smoke breaks on company time, reduced productivity because of nicotine addiction, ex
Jun 4, 2013
Columbus (OH) Dispatch
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Jun 4, 2013 22:29
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[UK, USA] £4,000 a year: The cost to employers of smokers' cigarette breaks, illness cover and health care costs
Smokers cost £4,000 a year more to employ than non-smokers, a study has claimed. ... According to NICE, it is not unlawful for UK employers to advertise jobs as only available to non-smokers, and employers can deduct time spent smoking at work and not e
Jun 4, 2013
The Independent (uk)
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Jun 3, 2013 23:56
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Smoking employees cost $6,000 a year more, study finds
Smokers cost their employers nearly $6,000 a year more than staff who don’t smoke, researchers said on Monday in what they say is the first comprehensive look at the issue. And in what some might see as a dark twist, they’ve taken into account any saving
Jun 3, 2013
NBC News
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Jun 3, 2013 23:52
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[Australia] Which professionals are quitting smoking?
NEW statistics released for World No Tobacco Day reveal which professions and religions are heeding the quit smoking message. It turns out teachers have learned their lesson and quit smoking, but one in 10 health professionals is still puffing away, acc
Jun 1, 2013
AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au)
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May 31, 2013 12:26
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[Asia, China] Government offices eliminate smoking
Nearly 200 government departments, government-affiliated institutions and State-owned companies in Beijing have started a campaign to eliminate smoking in their buildings.
May 30, 2013
China Daily (cn)
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May 30, 2013 07:19
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Joblessness Shortens Lifespan of Least Educated White Women, Research Says
But they mattered little. As it turned out, smoking was important, as had long been established, but researchers were surprised that joblessness had a dramatic effect, even after controlling for factors that employment would have generated, like income
May 30, 2013
New York Times
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May 30, 2013 07:05
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Employers Get Leeway on Health Incentives
The Obama administration issued a final rule on Wednesday that gives employers greater leeway to use employee wellness programs, with financial rewards and penalties for workers worth up to 50 percent of the premium as an incentive to exercise, quit smoki
May 30, 2013
New York Times
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May 30, 2013 06:51
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[China] Government offices eliminate smoking
Nearly 200 government departments, government-affiliated institutions and State-owned companies in Beijing have started a campaign to eliminate smoking in their buildings.
May 30, 2013
People's Daily (cn)
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May 30, 2013 01:22
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Inquest told that Swanmore man died from smoking cigarettes, not asbestos exposure
“I'm satisfied he was exposed to asbestos in the early 1970s when he was working in the dockyard in Portsmouth. “However, it's also clear that he was a smoker of cigarettes and on hearing the pathologist's conclusions, I come to the decision that it was
May 28, 2013
Romsey Advertiser (uk)
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May 29, 2013 11:32
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[UK] Almost half of smokers admit to skiving off work after taking time out for a cigarette break
* Six in ten smokers take extra breaks throughout day to have cigarette, research has suggested ... The research was commissioned by e-cigarette brand E-Lites to mark World No Tobacco Day on May 31.
May 28, 2013
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
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May 28, 2013 12:21