Company efforts to stamp out tobacco often go up in smoke

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U-Haul's plan to ban smokers from its hiring pool may not end up helping the company improve employee health or lower costs, studies suggest.

The truck rental company said in January it would stop hiring people who used tobacco or nicotine products in the 21 U.S. states where it was legal to do so.

Those carrots and sticks are part of most corporate wellness programs, which also typically aim to encourage workers to exercise, lose weight and control diseases like diabetes. “There isn’t any evidence that these programs actually result in people smoking less or eating less or exercising more,” said Karen Pollitz, who studies insurance and health plans at the Kaiser Family Foundation. “Some studies have picked up short-term improvements but nothing sustained.”

showed no major improvements in health status or healthcare spending after 18 months, compared with employees who didn’t participate.by researchers at the think tank Rand Corp. estimated wellness programs targeting lifestyle improvements generated an average savings of about $157 per employee. Those savings were almost completely wiped out by the programs’ cost: $144 per person.Supporters of wellness programs counter that it may take three to five years or more to see a return on investment.

 

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People will NOT quit unless they REALLY want to and I am an one of them. No one can do it unless they do the work inside their own psyche

It depends on how many dirt bags are still doing it

Freedom...... the American way....

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