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Smokers cost employers $5,816 more than non-smokers

An Ohio State University researcher finds smoking employees cost their employers an average of $5,816 more each year than do non-smoking workers.

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The price of a carton of Kools just went up. Way up. But not for smokers. It’s employers who are paying, primarily in time lost to cigarette breaks by smoking employees.

Smoking employees cost their employers an average of $5,816 more each year than do non-smoking workers. This figure comes from new research authored by Ohio State University researcher Micah Berman, whose team based its work on previous research that had not been considered strictly from a cost-per-employee standpoint.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.

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