Why smoke free?
Why smoke free Its both an economic and health argument
If staff have to leave the building to smoke - you could be loosing up to half a day’s work a week per smoker. A worker earning just £8.00 per hour could be costing nearly £1,500 per year in lost working time due to smoking. That figure just increases with the salary. If 25% of your workforce smoke (the national average is 27%) you could be loosing considerable sums of money. A small company of 100 workers could be loosing £37,500 per year in direct time lost to smoking.
The individual smoker would be spending over £1,500 per year on tobacco.
Smokers are also more likely to be absent due to smoking related illnesses and you may be loosing valuable workers due to early retirement from ill health. Other costs to your organisation include cleaning, fire risk and insurance. In the UK, 35 million working days are lost each year due to smoking related illness.
