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The Health, Moral and Business Case for Supporting Employees to Quit

  • Incredibly, one in every two smokers die from smoking related diseases.
  • Reduce costs associated with sickness absence – 34 million working days are lost in England & Wales per year due to smoking.
  • Improve productivity – supporting an employee who smokes to quit can save an organisation up to £4,000 a year due to shorter and less frequent breaks, and less sickness absence.
  • Non-smokers are 33% less likely to be absent from work, and on average, are off work due to ill health 2.7 days a year less than smokers
  • A non-smoking environment encourages smokers to quit and 68% of smokers say they actually want to quit.