Florida officials-smokers will pay their own insurance

Civil servants in the U.S. state of Florida who are smokers will have to pay for the pleasure of cigarette smoke on $ 600 a year.
This decision was adopted unanimously by the local authorities because of rising costs of medical care for smokers, gave the American media.
So all around 9 thousand state employees who receive insurance from the state will have to give up tobacco in all its forms and to sign the application.
Those who refuse will have to pay from his pocket at $ 25 for each installment in the policy making of the year over $ 600. This is a significant addition to higher excise duties, which had already been introduced to each carton of cigarettes. As was established last year cost the district budget for medical care for smoking civil servants were twice as high for those non-smokers.
Authorities hope that the new measure will not only fill the holes in the budget, and will cause many to abandon the habit.

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