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Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by wott on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @10:39AM (#15348203)
There is a perfect positive correlation between smoking + alcohol consumption and health!

1 person: heavy smokers 15%, drinkers 16%

3-6 pers: heavy smokers 13%, drinkers 16%, sick leave +36%

2 pers: heavy smokers 10%, drinkers 15%, sick leave +50%

> 6 pers: heavy smokers 9%, drinkers 13%, sick leave +62%

Please drink and smoke more to fight sickness.

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Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by loup-vaillant on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @02:30PM (#15350811)
They said they controlled for those confounding variables. I bet the raw data used in this study also says smokers and drinkers are more often sick than the others.
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