Results like, better health.
Preventing problems like diabetes and obesity in the first place, rather than simply paying to treat diseases.
A story by KIRO 7 shows how this policy pays off, locally and statewide. According to King County, the number of employees who smoked dropped by almost half – 40 percent.
In a time of budget cuts, the $26 million saved (over four years) was enough to fund the jobs of seven prosecutors, 12 sheriff deputies and 20 public health nurses.
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