Benefits of a smoke-free workplace
The benefits of going smoke-free include:
- Increased productivity
- Reduced sickness and absence
- Improved staff morale
- Reduced legal costs connected with health and safety issues
- An increase in the positive image projected by the company
- No need for expensive ventilation systems
- Compliance with the smokefree legislation
The cost of smoking breaks
This hypothetical list highlights the potential financial costs of smoking to employers.
| 15 employees, a third are smokers |
5 smokers |
| Each smoke 5 cigarettes per day |
25 cigarettes per day |
| Each cigarette takes 7 minutes to smoke |
175 lost minutes per day |
| 5 working days x 175 minutes |
14 hours 35 minutes lost per week |
| If employees are paid £8 per hour |
lose £116.38 per week |
| Thats a grand total of (based on 48 working weeks) |
£5,584 pa |