Comprehensive Examination Of Costs Associated With Smoking Employees

Smoking Employees Cost $6,000 A Year More, Study Finds by Maggie Fox.  NBC News.

I, personally, always read better if I know that I will be quizzed on what I have read.  Use the following questions to improve your focus and retention.

(1)  Smoking cost their employers nearly $6,000 a year more than staff who don't smoke even taking into account savings that may result because ________________________________.

(2)  As employers ban smoking in the office, smoking breaks ___________ and lower __________.

(3)  When people are at work but not putting in full effort, this phenomena is known as ___________.

(4)  Taking an eight minute smoking break daily costs employers $_________ a year according to the study.

(5)  Another cost is associated with psychological and physical ___________ from nicotine.

(6)  Excess absences due to smoking cost employers $_______.

(7)  _____ states now have laws specifically barring companies from _________________smokers, though they may charge them __________________.

(8)  According to an official from the American Heart Association, may smokers take ____________ to be able to quit.

(9)  The CDC estimates that _____________ people die prematurely every year because of tobacco use