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Stop
Smoking Facts |
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The clusters of people seen
outside most office buildings (usually cloaked in a
miasma of tobacco smoke), are ready to suffer for
their habit. Sweltering in the summer and
freezing in the winter, four or five times a day
they brave the elements to get their nicotine fix;
and every time they do, they are costing YOUR
company money.
But just how much money are
they costing your company?
Smoking
is now not allowed in your
building or any other enclosed spaces
Smokers leave your building
on average 4 times a day to smoke a cigarette
Average time per smoking
session – 10 minutes.
Average salary per member of
staff (averaging out between grades and
...seniority)
- £22,000 pa (London & SE)
Employment costs – 50%
of salary (average)
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Time taken each day for
...smoking
– 40 minutes
Average staff member works 255 days a year not
including weekends or holidays
Average staff member costs
...£17.25
per hour based on a
...7.5 hour day including
...employment
costs.
Cost of time taken by each staff
member per day
...through smoking breaks -
...£11.50
Cost for each staff member
...per
year - £2,932.50 |
Company costs each
year
(*)average cost of one staff member
(**) average cost of 9 staff members
Note: These figures do not
take into consideration loss of productivity due to
smoking related sickness. Also,
they do not
take into
consideration loss of productivity
from your non-smoking staff. |
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addition, companies have the added potential expense
of the government smoking ban. From July 1st
this year, companies will be fined £200 for not
displaying the 'No Smoking' signs and £2,000 for any
employee caught smoking on their premises.
Now initially this may not be a problem, because
everyone is very aware, through media coverage, of
the penalties of the smoking ban. However, as the
months progress, the importance of this new law will
diminish. Posters will fall or be taken down,
and staff will slowly start to take the chance of a
quick cigarette where they think they can't be seen.
Unfortunately if this happens, it is the companies
that will lose. Individual staff members may
be fined £200, but companies will be penalised to
the tune of £2,000 every time a staff member is
caught smoking and £200 for every sign not
displayed.
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TO
FIND OUT HOW YOUR COMPANY CAN LIVE WITH THE SMOKING
BAN
phone
01580 893858
or email
info@hypno-health.org.uk |
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