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New York City became the first locality across the US to ban sales of almost all flavored tobacco products last fall.[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Wisconsin Ways and Means Committee has also began considering other solicitations by different agencies applying for a share of federal grant, including a request for $870,000 necessary to fund Tobacco Quit Line that has experienced cuts due to the deficit in the budget, even though the excise taxes on tobacco went up this year.
Opponents of the proposal say that it should be left to the Congress to decide on such issues, and state legislature should not fund any group eager to affect public opinion.
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The nonprofit organization’s desire to stop employees from smoking and improve their health isn’t entirely selfless. Pappas hopes the spiraling health care costs will begin to moderate or even drop.[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
“We are running a business, and it is our responsibility to do everything we can to reduce expenses,” she said.
MorseLife is getting some help striking the right balance through a partnership with Cleveland Clinic, one of the nation’s first organizations to push a comprehensive wellness program. A focus on health has become so entrenched at Cleveland Clinic that employees who agree to stop smoking, lose weight or follow other doctors’ orders to stave off or reverse illnesses such as diabetes, high cholesterol, asthma or obesity, receive rebates to cover any increases in health insurance premiums. At this year’s open enrollment, that was a 17 percent increase.
Cleveland Clinic started by banning smoking on campus but expanded its anti-smoking stance to its hiring protocol. Anyone offered a job is tested to see if they smoke. If a nicotine metabolite is detected,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], their job offer is rescinded.
Cleveland Clinic faced opposition from critics who said eliminating smokers from its candidate pool was insanity in the face of a nursing shortage, said Dr. Paul Terpeluk, director of Corporate Health and Employee Health at Cleveland Clinic. The hospital made the switch before the recession hit,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], when health care workers had plenty of choices.[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].