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Exactly. Why does quitting smoking have anything to do with employment? Is this solely because of how health insurance usually works in the US? I'm so tired of
by choward 8y ago
Exactly. Why does quitting smoking have anything to do with employment? Is this solely because of how health insurance usually works in the US? I'm so tired of apps wanting to give my data to other people.
- astura 8y ago"Smoking employees cost $6,000 a year more, study finds" https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/smoking-employees-cost-6-000-year-more-study-finds-6C10182631 https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/smoking-employees-cost-6-... >A startling part of the calculation was just how much less productive smokers really are. “Though all employees are occasionally unproductive in one way or another, research suggests that smoking status negatively impacts productivity separately and apart from lost work time due to smoking breaks and absenteeism,” Berman’s team wrote. >“This is because nicotine is a powerfully addictive drug. Although cigarettes satisfy a smoker’s need for nicotine, the effect wears off quickly. Within 30 minutes after finishing the last inhalation, the smoker may already be beginning to feel symptoms of both physical and psychological withdrawal. (Much of what smokers perceive as the relaxing and clarifying effect of nicotine is actually relief from their acute withdrawal symptoms.)”’