A Japanese Company Is Giving Nonsmokers Longer Vacations (fastcompany.com)

Posted by msmash on Wednesday November 1, 2017 @08:40AM from the interesting-moves dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Marketing firm Piala introduced the new policy in September after nonsmokers complained that they were working more than their colleagues who smoked. The company's offices are reportedly on the 29th floor, meaning that popping out for a smoke break meant a solid 15 minutes away from work. Multiply that by several smoke breaks a day, and the hours start to add up, which began to tick off nonsmoking coworkers. A spokesman for the company told The Telegraph that one of those nonsmokers slipped a note in the company's suggestion box and the CEO agreed. Now nonsmokers are entitled to more vacation time, which the company hopes will encourage smokers to quit their filthy habit.

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Now how about healthcare? by erapert · 2017-11-01 08:46 · Score: -1, Troll

Are non-smokers going to have to pay for smokers' healthcare too or will the smokers pay a premium to cover the extra burden they place on the healthcare system?

If this idea offends you then I suggest you think about what socialized medicine means.
I would prefer that we all simply pay for our own healthcare, but since that's not the system we have then I must start thinking about how to make what we have more fair.