Smoking Cessation: An Opportunity For Commercial Improvement.
Impact Of Smoking On The Business When we consider the impact of smoking on a business we need to consider three key areas of profitability, health of all employees and other people who visit our premises and company image. Profitability is a major concern for all organisations that employ smokers: · 34 million working days are lost to British industry each year due to smoking related sick leave. After all, there are over 50 diseases associated with smoking, so the habit provides a lot of opportunities for sick leave. The cost to the employer is not just on sick pay but also lost productivity and output. · Professor Konrad Jamrozik of Imperial College London has estimated that exposure to second hand smoke in the workplace causes around 617 premature deaths in the UK each year. · A Canadian study (Health Canada, Smoking and the bottom line, Canada, 1997) showed that the average an...