ncluding Sarasota beaches.</p><p>Employers say hiring bans make sense.</p><p>Smokers take an average of six absences from work per year compared to less than four by non-smokers and also take longer and more frequent work breaks, surveys show.</p><p>They cost employers an average of $3,383 more per year including health care, time away from work and absences, according to CDC figures.</p><p>Nation