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roshni
02-16-2006, 06:39 PM
Smokers paying extra for health insurance

More employers requiring tobacco users to pay higher premiums

Smokers squeezed by soaring cigarette costs and workplace smoking bans are increasingly being hit with another cost increase — this time for health insurance.

A growing number of private and public employers are requiring employees who use tobacco to pay higher premiums, hoping that will motivate more of them to stop smoking and lower health care costs for the companies and their workers.

more on link: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11394043/

Leif
02-16-2006, 06:56 PM
When hospitalized, smokers are quicker to get out of bed and on their legs again and thereby out of hospitals, implicit saving insurance companies a bunch of money.