Nearly half of Americans who smoke use menthol cigarettes that are harder to quit, driving up their health risks with every puff. Now, a new University of Michigan study will test the best way to help people who smoke menthol break that habit.

A study led by UC Riverside School of Business professor Boris Maciejovsky  published in the Journal of Business Ethics found that revealing employee pay unexpectedly influences workplace dynamics in ways never demonstrated before. 

When employees learn how their pay stacks up against their peers, their feelings of entitlement—and the salary they believe they deserve—can rise or fall depending on how close they are to the top of performance ranking lists, the study found.