Smokers are three times more likely to kick the habit for at least six months when they are paid up to $750 (£520), a new study has found.
Nearly 900 General Electric workers took part in the test across 85 US sites. The results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
GE will launch a similar scheme in 2010 for all US employees, believing it will be cost-effective in the long term.
A certain blogger once expressed great skepticism that such plans could work. In related news, Ted owes Ray $12,400 as of Jan. 29.
I bet if you made passing a drug test a requirement for receiving your federal income tax refund, you would see a lot of people quit smoking. The nanny staters (on the left and the right) should have no objections to such intrusion on your privacy.
GE will launch a similar scheme in 2010 for all US employees
I’d start smoking immediately. Who wouldn’t, for a crack at a $750 bonus next year?
So then people would just stop for a week or so, and get their refund.
After all, the hardest part of quitting isn’t the initial decision; it’s not starting again some time has passed.
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