The Cost of Smoking at Work - ABSENTEEISM AND LOST PRODUCTIVITY

Cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke cost $92 billion in productivity losses annually, according to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
Smokers, on average, miss 6.16 days of work per year due to sickness (including smoking related acute and chronic conditions), compared to nonsmokers, who miss 3.86 days of work per year.
In a study of health care utilization in 20,831 employees of a single, large employer, employees who smoked had more hospital admissions per 1,000 (124 vs. 76), had a longer average length of stay (6.47 vs. 5.03 days), and made six more visits to health care facilities per year than nonsmoking employees.
Employees that smoke had about two times more lost production time (LPT) per week than workers who never smoked, a cost of $27 billion to employers.
A national study based on American Productivity Audit data of the U.S. workforce found that tobacco use was one of the greatest variables observed when determining worker lost production time (LPT)-greater than alcohol consumption, family emergencies, age, or education. The study reported that LPT increased in relation to the amount smoked; LPT estimates for workers who reported smoking one pack of cigarettes per day or more was 75% higher than that observed for nonsmoking and ex-smoking workers. In addition, employees who smoked had approximately two times more lost production time per week than workers who never smoked, a cost equivalent of roughly $27 billion in productivity losses for employers.
The U.S. Office of Technology Assessment estimated that in 1990 lost economic productivity from disability and premature mortality caused by smoking was $47 billion.
Businesses pay an average of $2,189 in workers' compensation costs for smokers compared with $176 for nonsmokers.

Breaking Free From Tobacco and Addictions

How much will you pay to stop smoking?

What would the freedom of being tobacco-free for the rest of your life be worth to you? Would you be willing to invest the cost of two cartons of cigarettes to save thousands? Would you be willing to spend one-half hour per day for 10 days to have your health and be free from the hold these cigarettes have on you? This program is designed to put you back in control.

If you now smoke 30 cigarettes a day and spend about 5 minutes on each cigarette that equals about 150 minutes, or 2 1/2 hours a day smoking. This is time you could be giving to your self or others. If you are willing to spend just 30 minutes per day, you can gain 2 hours per day of your life right away!

First, we will explain the truth about smoking, habits and how we can change. You will learn how beliefs are formed and how to consciously change them.

Then, we will teach you Guided Imagery, Neuro Linguistic Programming and Emotional Freedom Technique exercises that will help you change your habits, associations and emotional ties to smoking. Most people will stop right away after learning to use these powerful tools for changing your thoughts and feelings about smoking.

You will also learn powerful self-hypnosis techniques to help you change at the subconscious level. This is where past emotions and feelings are stored. Included is a self-hypnosis CD. Simply find a comfortable place to relax, put on your headphones (or any stereo) and just listen.

We will also include a group hypnosis session at the end for everyone that is interested.

The workbook contains exercises and examples to help you identify and change the triggers and emotions that are holding you back. There are also instructions and illustrations for using the NLP and EFT techniques. This is an empowering program that is designed to put you in control!