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Smokers make poorer workers

Smokers perform worse at work than non-smokers, finds a study of US navy female service members published in Tobacco Control . Smokers were also more likely to have a less than honourable discharge, to be demoted, to desert, and to earn less than their non-smoking colleagues, the study showed.

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