Costs of smoking in the workforce revealed

Smoking breaks and additional sick leave are costing UK businesses £8.7 billion in lost productivity every year, according to new research we’ve released to encourage businesses to promote No Smoking Day on March 12.

The research shows the average smoker takes four smoking breaks a day, lasting for around ten minutes. Smokers also take nearly a day more of sick leave a year on average compared to their non-smoking colleagues.

With smokers accounting for around one in five of the UK workforce, smoking breaks and related illness is having a huge impact of the heart health of millions of workers as well as the bottom lines of the nation’s businesses.

See full Press Release: http://www.bhf.org.uk/media/news-from-the-bhf/smoking-at-work.aspx