Where There's Smoke, You're Fired! provides an overview of employer health management strategies and the policy implications for Ohio.

Issue Brief: Where There’s Smoke, You’re Fired!
Employer Health Care Costs, Unhealthy Behaviors, and Employee Rights

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On May 16, 2006, the Health Policy Institute of Ohio hosted a health policy hot topics luncheon called "Where There’s Smoke, You’re Fired! Employer Health Care Costs, Unhealthy Behaviors, and Employee Rights."

This issue brief presents the different perspectives on employer workforce health management strategies (including requiring employees to not smoke either on or off the job and offering incentives and penalties for employees to exercise and stay healthy). The issue brief also examines the policy implications for Ohio of these types of health management strategies.

For more on the forum, including participant presentations, go here.