Smoke Freedom - the benefits of quitting smoking
 

Help Staff to Quit Smoking
and enjoy the benefits

The Benefits-of-Quitting Calculator shows how much money your company could save if you help staff to quit smoking. Simply enter two simple details - your company size and the rough percentage of smokers (25% is the national average). The financial savings are based on research (which is detailed below). Please note the financial cost of smoking calculator may not work in some browsers - click the 'allow blocked content' option in the security bar if it is flashing above.

Company size:

Percentage of smokers:


Your smokers are currently costing you £ every year.

This includes days lost due to accumulated cigarette breaks,
and extra days lost due to sickness.
On top of that, there is also up to £ extra charges in compensation claims possible.

Did you realise that you have around cigarette butts being dropped or discarded each year? (based on 8 a day smokers, during the working days of the year).

Here's how much you could save over five years if you help your staff quit smoking now - according to what percentage of staff are able to quit.

If 10% quit, you'll save £ in 5 years
If 20% quit, you'll save£ in 5 years
If 50% quit, you'll save£ in 5 years
If 100% quit, you'll save£ in 5 years

Whats more, even if just 20% of your staff quit smoking, they could enjoy an extra years of their lives. This is priceless.

(The above formula takes into account the increasing health of the non-smoker, so the final two years of the five have greater savings. The yearly savings are actually conservative, as the saving is calculated as the difference between a smoker and a recent ex-smoker. Most other calculations, for example in the media, forget to take account of the normal tea breaks or sick days taken by never-smokers. These figures are based on research).

Doesn't it make sense to invest in Stop Smoking sessions to help your staff quit smoking? And thats just financial considerations, not to mention the health, the image, the hygiene, the brighter outlook.

What else do you have to gain?

  • improved working relationships and morale
  • cleaner and more positive working environment
  • protection from the risks and impact of other people’s second-hand tobacco smoke
  • happier workforce

What could your staff have to gain?

When your staff experience Smoke-Freedom's dynamic quit smoking session, they could learn how quitting can lead to enjoying:

  • increased energy
  • enhanced concentration
  • improved alertness and mental clarity
  • greater self-esteem
  • self-respect
  • self-worth

and above all

  • a longer life.





References for calculator figures:
The average annual cost for lost productivity for nonsmokers was $2623/£1337year compared with $3246/£1654year for former smokers and $4430/£2259year for current smokers. More than half the costs were due to unproductive time at work = £605 saved when becoming an exsmoker £992 when a neversmoker - JOEM.org

Average 30 mins a day - 6780 minutes a year - 113 hours - 3.2 days per smoker - Metro.co.uk

Canadian stats: 3396 / £1491 per employee per year 323 / £142 absenteeism 3053 / £1341 productivity due to breaks 50 / £10 facilities Canadian Research

Businesses average $2,189 / £1116 in workers' compensation costs per employee who smokes compared with $176 / £89 per nonsmoking employee ( = 1027 extra per smoker) Article

Smokers average 8 more sick days Bloomberg News

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