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More hospitals and medical businesses in many states are adopting strict policies that make smoking a reason to turn away job applicants, saying they want to increase worker productivity, reduce health care costs and encourage healthier living. The policies reflect a frustration that softer efforts - like banning smoking on company grounds, offering cessation programs and increasing health care premiums for smokers - have not been powerful-enough incentives to quit. 这种规定反映出某种失败- 禁止吸烟者不在工作场所吸烟，实施禁烟活动，增加吸烟者的医疗保健费用，这些软措施已经不能强有力地激励人们戒烟了。 The new rules essentially treat cigarettes as an ille