Smoking is costly, not only to smokers but also to their employers and to nonsmokers, according to Professor Kari Reijula of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. Work time lost to smoking breaks alone “costs the national economy nearly 16.6 million euros [$21 million] a year,” reports the Finnish Broadcasting Company Web site. It is estimated that “workers who smoke one pack of cigarettes a day miss the equivalent of 17 working days annually.” Sick leave adds to the bill. Reijula further notes: “Studies show that employees who smoke also have higher accident rates.” In addition, according to the report, smoking increases costs for cleaning as well as for electricity use, “since ventilation must be kept at maximum power.” More serious is the fact that “as many as 250 non-smoking Finns annually die from diseases linked to exposure to second-hand smoke at work or in their free time.”
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contributed by Michael Ray
Do you care to QUIT SMOKING? Check out this ingenious way to a quit-smoking course in one small book. If you ever wanted to quit smoking, but you hate the idea of giving up your cigarettes, then this book is for you.
Check it out : http://bit.ly/1qwYUth
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