More companies are discriminating against smokers, citing increased health care costs:
Smokers cost employers an average of $753 per year more in medical costs than nonsmokers, and miss an average of two more workdays a year than nonsmoking colleagues, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s literature states.
Another reason why smoking harms more than your health.





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