Yuki Yang, Senior Director, Client Services:   What does it take for an Ivy League school to offer its employees a benefit that could decrease their healthcare spend while increase the health and wellness of its employees?  Seems to make sense perfect sense that an Ivy League school would have comparable benefits for the very people who make the school what it is known for today. Recently an article was written in the Yale Daily News, stating that Yale falls short in helping its e... [More]

Yuki Yang, Senior Director, Client Services:   A new study recently released in Perth found higher levels of nicotine and other tobacco-related particles inside the homes of smokers compared with smoke-free households, even if people smoked outdoors. The study found that when smokers went indoors after smoking, they brought in particles on their bodies and clothes and breathed out contaminated smoke that could cause damage to non-smokers. One of the conclusions from the 2006 Surge... [More]

Yuki Yang, Senior Director, Client Services:   Washington State’s smoking ban, passed on December 8, 2005 prohibiting smoking in all indoor public places and workplaces including restaurants, bars, taverns, bowling alleys, skating rinks and non-tribal casinos, still evokes strong emotions by smokers and non-smokers. Recently, a local watering hole owner and new patron exchanged words about the bar’s non-compliance to the ban. The bar’s patrons happen to be ex-patriots from countries whe... [More]