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26. There is an awful lot of defensiveness regarding smoking on this thread.

Tue Jun 4, 2013, 09:23 PM

Jun 2013

By diverting attention from the facts, that smokers, in the aggregate, cost employers money, one way or another. You can try to change the subject but facts are facts.

I don't believe that employers should have the right to dictate what people do in their free time, nor do I believe they have the right to punish employees for perfectly legal behavior, for the simple reason it costs them money. I believe they should offer incentives for changing some of these things (classes, gym memberships, whatever). More of a carrot than a stick, but it should not be mandatory.

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Smokers Cost Employers Thousands More Than Nonsmokers [View all] onehandle Jun 2013 OP

low productivity as people use cellphones and netsurf on the job is way more costly than ciggies nt msongs Jun 2013 #1

don't have to leave the desk for that.. frylock Jun 2013 #14

You can also RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #30

i'm too damn busy to get lost in scorecenter or facebook frylock Jun 2013 #41

Yes, but way more fun. nt Deep13 Jun 2013 #53

I've never worked at a job where cigarette smokers got "extra" breaks. Autumn Jun 2013 #2

I must be an anomaly OKNancy Jun 2013 #5

Same here Nancy Autumn Jun 2013 #8

Same here. I don't miss work n/t Bonhomme Richard Jun 2013 #19

This Article is Nonsense RobinA Jun 2013 #28

Same here leftynyc Jun 2013 #56

Do you get 10-15 minute breaks every hour at your job? AAO Jun 2013 #16

Nope. We got a 15 minute break in the morning, 30 minutes for lunch Autumn Jun 2013 #18

Silly article pmorlan1 Jun 2013 #48

So you know what goes on in all companies/corporations? You don't speak for mine. AAO Jun 2013 #58

We must be looking out the same window. -nt Bonx Jun 2013 #61

They sure do in hospitals Warpy Jun 2013 #52

What about drinkers? ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #3

Shit happens when you hire human beings. xchrom Jun 2013 #4

When it costs the employer extra money dbackjon Jun 2013 #24

+1 n/t Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #59

At my own worksite, WilmywoodNCparalegal Jun 2013 #6

I am a smoker and when I was working, RebelOne Jun 2013 #12

So let's do some math. RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #31

what about the overweight? kyeshinka Jun 2013 #7

Smoking is a choice oberliner Jun 2013 #9

No. former9thward Jun 2013 #20

Yes oberliner Jun 2013 #23

smoking is an addiction. Mosby Jun 2013 #42

It did not exist in the proportions is does now. former9thward Jun 2013 #43

Personally, from my experience RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #33

I call B.S.! BillyRibs Jun 2013 #60

Obesity is not the same as smoking WilmywoodNCparalegal Jun 2013 #10

To say nothing of the fact that obesity is the result of something that is perfectly natural and Aristus Jun 2013 #11

thyroid RILib Jun 2013 #13

Excuses. former9thward Jun 2013 #21

Try putting blame where it belongs, on the corporations. alarimer Jun 2013 #25

Of course you do. former9thward Jun 2013 #44

You make it sound so easy Hugabear Jun 2013 #40

Yes they do. former9thward Jun 2013 #45

The smell from smokers, RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #35

Most jobs don't have Politicalboi Jun 2013 #15

needed... pre-employment fitness test quadrature Jun 2013 #17

No they don't RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #37

If they can do their jobs better than those who are physically fit then I'm sure totodeinhere Jun 2013 #46

I work in multiple locations at times madville Jun 2013 #22

'5 minutes about every 30-45 minutes for a smoke break' onehandle Jun 2013 #29

Our smokers smoke right outside the building entrances. Bonx Jun 2013 #62

There is an awful lot of defensiveness regarding smoking on this thread. alarimer Jun 2013 #26

Shh... onehandle Jun 2013 #27

Well, Except RobinA Jun 2013 #34

Pregnancy can cost businesses money too... RoccoR5955 Jun 2013 #36

I'd be interested in a comparative analysis... davidthegnome Jun 2013 #32

At This Moment RobinA Jun 2013 #38

It's not a matter of bashing smokers. We can all agree that it's an addiction totodeinhere Jun 2013 #47

I wonder if Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce knew that? Kablooie Jun 2013 #39

More precedent pmorlan1 Jun 2013 #49

+1 nt Live and Learn Jun 2013 #51

+1,000 suffragette Jun 2013 #57

Go After Walmart pmorlan1 Jun 2013 #50

Are you sure this is "late breaking news?" Deep13 Jun 2013 #54

That was my first thought. onehandle Jun 2013 #64

Well that's it then, all the good people should just start shooting smokers on sight! n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #55

I never cost anyone an extra dime. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #63