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Do they also charge people who drink, are overweight, don't exercise? Seems odd to only single out smoking.
by lightbyte 7y ago
Do they also charge people who drink, are overweight, don't exercise? Seems odd to only single out smoking.
- cortesoft 7y agoThose things are bad for your health, obviously, but aren't as easy to charge for since they aren't binary. How would you decide if someone was 'overweight' or didn't exercise? You couldn't base it on weight, because some people have a lot of muscle. How many hours do you need to exercise? What counts as exercise? How intense does it have to be? Do you charge someone who is 100 pounds overweight the same as someone who is 200? Or 10? Smoking is binary, so you can easily price for it.
- humbledrone 7y agoSmoking is not binary either; there's a world of difference between a couple cigarettes a week while at the bar vs. a pack a day every day.
- skyyler 7y agoAnd there's a world of difference between not inhaling smoke vs only inhaling smoke when you're drinking. Inhaling smoke isn't good for you.
- adrusi 7y agoHow do you know that? (Also, if true, that still makes smoking not a binary)
- humbledrone 7y ago> Inhaling smoke isn't good for you. Sure. Neither is being overweight, which is just as measurable as nicotine use. (Probably more measurable, since you can't easily lie about being overweight.)
- andrepd 7y agoFunnily enough, there isn't (that is, there is some, but not so much as you would thing). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2865193/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2865193/ It's the reason I've personally ceased my "smoking when drinking" habit.
- jdsully 7y agoThat study is for “4-7 cigarettes per day”. Still quite heavy.
- rtkwe 7y agoThere are (or were I haven't checked recently) various freebies to encourage exercise and stuff but no direct discounts or fees.
- astura 7y agoMy company gives bonuses for exercising.