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Many times smokers do not realize the high risks involved with smoking. Several of these risks are not even health related. Smoking comes with a high price tag. Insurance companies can, and do raise their rates for smokers.

Sometimes nonsmokers feel the pain in their wallet as well. As a nation our taxes pay the high costs of medical care for smoking related diseases through Medicare and Medicaid, and through other supplemental health care programs. Hundreds of worker hours are lost due to smoking. Statistics show that smokers take more frequent, and longer breaks, and they miss more work days due to health problems caused or complicated by smoking. Many businesses need to provide a special area for smokers. Keeping that area up to code can be costly. All these things not only affect...