Stories are popping up everywhere about employers who are refusing to hire workers who smoke, or tacking on a premium penalty, or even offering a quitting incentive, hoping to reduce health care costs and increase productivity.

The CDC estimates that workers who smoke cost their companies about $1,850 extra per year in absenteeism and medical costs than workers who do not smoke.

This issue is stirring up a lot of concerns over discrimination, increased costs for the employee and what the best ways are to get employees who smoke to quit.

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