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Smokers should be payihg less eridani Feb 2013 #1
Czech Republic cartach Feb 2013 #4
Smokers' diseases are expensive to treat amuse bouche Feb 2013 #9
Until the smoker dies, which is a lot sooner than a non-smoker eridani Feb 2013 #15
That seems too simple amuse bouche Feb 2013 #17
End of life care can be extraordinary expensive hack89 Feb 2013 #29
The median age for lung cancer diagnosis is about 70 hack89 Feb 2013 #30
can you give an estimate? sweetapogee Feb 2013 #27
LOL! onehandle Feb 2013 #16
I agree amuse bouche Feb 2013 #18
But it isn't, period. eridani Feb 2013 #43
Work days lost due to illness are also a cost. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #23
They may cost the system less but smokers cost more to insure. yardwork Feb 2013 #28
Plenty of studies funded by the tobacco industry to back you up. nt geek tragedy Feb 2013 #34
I don't necessarily disagree with you on principle. . . . BigDemVoter Feb 2013 #42
The new discrimination n2doc Feb 2013 #2
NPR talked about that this morning: Obese people paying "extra" IdaBriggs Feb 2013 #10
See, this is why all the employer-based "health care" initiatives worry me. LisaLynne Feb 2013 #3
Fat people, like smokers, cost a lot less on a lifetime basis eridani Feb 2013 #8
But the company won't have to pay ... LisaLynne Feb 2013 #12
You keep repeating that, yet it's not true. onehandle Feb 2013 #19
More bull amuse bouche Feb 2013 #26
Cheaper or not, it still costs less. eridani Feb 2013 #41
Amen. beerandjesus Feb 2013 #13
I respect that. LisaLynne Feb 2013 #14
It's not discriminatory christx30 Feb 2013 #44
If you look at my other post, LisaLynne Feb 2013 #46
If you have a condition you can't control, you may JDPriestly Feb 2013 #22
I was thinking I should have used a word besides "discrimination", but ... LisaLynne Feb 2013 #24
Smoking is an addiction, tho. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #39
I agree and I hate smoking with a passion. alarimer Feb 2013 #32
This has been happening for a while in different companies. dotymed Feb 2013 #5
Cleveland Clinic made smoking cessation classes available to employees, then to the entire county Kolesar Feb 2013 #6
Frightening RobinA Feb 2013 #7
They'll have to make sure people aren't lying to them, so I hope people like drug testing, too. hughee99 Feb 2013 #21
Yeah, I could see that with ... LisaLynne Feb 2013 #25
Inappropriate. Jester Messiah Feb 2013 #11
How does smoking not impede healthcare worker performace? msanthrope Feb 2013 #36
Yep. There have been several studies that prove that smokers are less effective workers. onehandle Feb 2013 #38
I have a co-worker christx30 Feb 2013 #45
Slippery slope Cal Carpenter Feb 2013 #20
Wow. davidthegnome Feb 2013 #31
Most smokers are poor. As the price of smoking rises, and the places you can smoke diminish... onehandle Feb 2013 #33
That's what logic would suggest. davidthegnome Feb 2013 #35
Hey, I'm a Democrat. I would put billions into a massive stop smoking program... onehandle Feb 2013 #37
You are correct. In fact, nicotine is as addictive as cocaine. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #40
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