• Dozens of insurance companies offer substantial discounts on life, disability and medical insurance policies for non-smokers.
• Smoking causes millions of dollars of damage due to fires every year. In 1996, the total property and contract losses for fires caused by smoking came to over $10.6 million! Eliminating smoking in your home or your workplace can greatly reduce your risk of incurring property damage related to fires.
• A study of 2,500 postal workers published in the American Journal of Public Health found that the absentee rate for smokers was 33% higher than for nonsmokers.
• Smokers are absent from work 50% more than nonsmokers. They are also 50% more likely to be hospitalized and have 15% higher disability rates.
• Employees who take four 10-minute smoking breaks a day actually work one month less than workers who don’t take smoking breaks.
• Smoking employees cost companies an average of $1,429 per smoker per year in increased health care costs over nonsmoking employees.

Isn’t it time to quit?

Tobacco Prevention and Control Bureau, NC Department of Health and Human Services. www.workingsmokefree.com/whysmokefree/WSF%20fact%20sheet%20-%20...

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