Regarding the incentives for not smoking discussed in recent editions of Housing Today: one incentive that would work would be to deduct pay for the 10-15 minute break smokers take for each cigarette.
On average, if an employee smokes six cigarettes during work time, that employee works an hour a day less than his or her colleagues. This adds up to little more than a four-day week for most smokers.
They should either not smoke in work time or be paid accordingly. I do smoke myself, by the way, but only at weekends.
Source
Housing Today
Postscript
Tim Williams, corporate research and consultation officer, Selby council
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