State employees in Florida will force to pay for smoking on 600 dollars a year
To smoking employees of official bodies in district Orandzh, the State of Florida, it is necessary to pay for the bad habit. As transfers Central Florida News 13, the corresponding decision was unanimously accepted district council on Tuesday, on August, 4th, because of the raised expenses on medical insurance of smokers.
To all 9 thousand employees which have received the medical insurance from district, it is recommended to refuse the tobacco use in any forms and to sign the corresponding obligation. That who will continue to smoke, it is necessary to endow on 25 dollars during each payment period that in a year makes more than 600 dollars. This considerable addition to heavy taxes with which the district has already imposed each cigarette pack.
As it has been established, for the last year expenses of the district budget on health services of smoking employees were twice more than at non-smoking. The district authorities hope that the new measure not only will go on advantage to the budget, but also will push employees to refusal of smoking.
