State employee healthcare benefits cost more than $100 million a year Victoria Wallack The state currently pays 100 percent of the health insurance premium for state employees - a benefit that costs taxpayers $7,000 a year for individual employees and as much as $13,600 a year for an employee with a family, whose spouse and children are covered at a 60 percent rate. State employee healthcare benefits cost more than $100 million a year Victoria Wallack The state currently pays 100 percent...

The American Legacy Foundation was among the groups that called on the cigarette maker to discontinue the youth smoking prevention campaign after a study published in the December issue of American Journal of Public Health contended that the manufacturer s parent-focused advertising increased the likelihood that teens will smoke in the future. The American Legacy Foundation was among the groups that called on the cigarette maker to discontinue the youth smoking prevention campaign after a...

Among its many activities to encourage healthy living and a healthy lifestyle, the company engages employees in ongoing educational and interactive wellness initiatives, including health fairs, on-site health check opportunities throughout the year, seminars, newsletters, sports leagues, and a host of other activities. Bendix, a North American leader in commercial vehicle safety and braking system technologies, was ranked fourth on the list for the second consecutive year. It was the only...

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The battery-powered device looks and feels like a real cigaretteIt emits light and vapor like a real cigarette, but the device allows smokers to slowing reduce the level of nicotine and eventually quit the habit. An electronic cigarette invented in Hong Kong is a new high-tech way to quit smoking. The company said the e-cigarette works better than the patch or nicotine gum because the device still allows the smoking experience. The "e-cigarette device delivers nicotine during inhales to...