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4 de jul. de 2014 · Smoking tobacco is the largest avoidable health risk in the EU causing annually to 700 000 premature deaths. There is potential for workplaces and occupational health programmes to play a more active role in helping smokers to quit.
- The Risks of Second-Hand Smoke to Others
- Smoking and Workplace Productivity – Do Smokers Take More Days Off Work?
- Smoking and Workplace Productivity – Are Smokers Less Productive While at Work?
- Smoking in The Workplace: Smoking Breaks
- Helping Employees Quit Smoking
Aside from the first-hand risks to the smoker, the most well-known and easy-to-identify issue relating to smoking in the workplace is that of second-hand smoke. The burning tip of the cigarette and the smoke exhaled by the smoker contain masses of harmful chemicals, and prolonged exposure can increase the risk of health conditions like heart diseas...
One of the biggest impacts of smoking on workplace productivity is the issue of absenteeism. While all workers are bound to miss work sometimes, evidence shows that smokers are more likely to do so than non-smokers. A studylooked a large group of workers, comparing the productivity losses between smokers, former smokers and current smokers. The res...
The study from the previous section also looked at “presenteeism,” which is time while the employee is at work but is being unproductive due to health issues. As you may expect since health issues are more common in smokers, the study found that smoking employees were a bigger issue for presenteeism. On average, non-smokers lost just less than 43 h...
Smoking breaks are not explicitly allowed in the U.S., and employees have no legal rights to take a smoking break. However, some employers still allow employees to take smoking breaks, and if you do, these have to be paid breaks. This isn’t common, though, because smoking breaks are transparently unfair to non-smoking employees, who are generally m...
For all of the reasons above, the ideal solution to the issue of smoking in the workplace is encouraging employees who smoke to quit. There are many ways you can do this, but the most important thing is to ensure smoking cessation is covered by any employee-sponsored health insurance, which is a requirement of the Affordable Care Act. The American ...
In some, it is legal for an employer to ask you whether you are a smoker, and to hire, or not hire you based on that answer. However, 29 states and the District of Columbia do prohibit discrimination based on legal activities outside the workplace, which includes smoking tobacco.
Tobacco use by workers can increase, sometimes profoundly, the likelihood and the severity of occupational disease and injury caused by other workplace hazards (e.g., lead, asbestos, and flammable materials).
Workplace smoking can be a serious safety and health hazard and a cause of conflict at work. Promotion and implementation of a smoke-free work environment therefore fall under the ILO’s mandate to create healthy and safe workplaces.
16 de jun. de 2011 · Protecting people from tobacco smoke. There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand smoke, which kills over 1 million people every year and causes heart disease, cancer and many other diseases. Even brief exposure can cause serious damage.
A tobacco-free environment helps create a safer, healthier workplace. Workers who are bothered by smoke will not be exposed to it at work. Tobacco users who want to quit may have more of a reason to do so. Those who use tobacco may appreciate a clear company policy about tobacco use at work.
