BENEFITS OF A SMOKEFREE WORKPLACE
For the employees
• A smokefree environment helps create a safe, healthful workplace.
• A well planned and carefully implemented effort by the employer to
address the effects of smoking on employees’ health and the health of
their families shows the company cares.
• Workers who are bothered by smoke will not be exposed to it at the
worksite.
• Smokers appreciate a clear company policy about smoking at work.
• Managers are relieved when a process for dealing with smoking in the
workplace is clearly defined.
For the employer
• A smokefree environment helps create a safe, healthful workplace.
• Direct health care costs to the company may be reduced.
• Maintenance costs go down when smoke, matches, and cigarette butts
are eliminated in facilities.
• Office equipment, carpets, and furniture last longer.
• It may be possible to negotiate lower health, life, and disability coverage
as employee smoking is reduced.
• The risk of fires is lower.
