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February 18, 2006

More employers forcing smokers to pay extra for health insurance

CINCINNATI - 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

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Posted by Stephen at February 18, 2006 01:21 PM