More employers are charging smokers extra for health insurance,

The Detriot News reports:

Employers have long grumbled that smokers drive up already soaring health care costs. Now some major companies are fighting back by levying a fee for workers who light up.

Northwest Airlines and Meijer Inc. have joined a growing number of employers tacking on a surcharge to health plans of workers who smoke.

It's the latest attack by businesses on a habit that costs an estimated $75.5 billion a year in health care costs and another $92 billion a year in lost productivity on the job, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As we've said before, we hope this is the beginning of not getting your health insurance at work.