Smoking & Business

Save Lives, Save Money Make Your Business Smoke Free	The CDC Office on Smoking and Health has posted a new outreach booklet for employers and the business community called, "Save Lives, Save Money. Make Your Business Smokefree" that advocates may find a helpful tool for outreach to the broader business community (chambers, etc).
Business Costs in Smoke Filled Environments	Excerpt: "The Society of Actuaries has determined that secondhand smoke costs the U.S. economy roughly $10 billion a year: $5 billion in estimated medical costs associated with secondhand smoke exposure, and another $4.6 billion in lost wages. This estimate does not include youth exposure to secondhand smoke.¹"
How Many Cigarettes Have You Smoked?!?	This chart from the American Cancer Society will give you an idea of the amount of secondhand smoke you could be breathing in every day!
Marquette County Tobacco Prevention Program Smoke-Free Air Campaign Smoke Free Michigan Cities & Counties	It is firmly established by rigorous scientific research that secondhand smoke from cigarettes and other tobacco products creates substantial health risks for exposed nonsmokers, especially children, and actually kills thousands of people each year. The Marquette County Health Department has an obligation to inform the public about health risks and what can be done to reduce those risks. Click here to read more...
Smoking in the Workplace Costs You Money This is an Adobe "PDF" file from the American Cancer Society. It can be viewed and printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat is free, and if you don't already have it installed, it can be downloaded by clicking the "Get Acrobat Reader" link below.
Workplace Model Policy From the website, "Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights". May only be reprinted with appropriate credit to them.
Smoking and subsequent risk of early retirement due to permanent disability The European Journal of Public Health Volume 14, Issue 1, March 2004 pp. 86-92 Tobacco	Abstract: Tobacco Smoking and subsequent risk of early retirement due to permanent disability Lise Lotte N. Husemoen1, Merete Osler2, Nina S. Godtfredsen1 and Eva Prescott1 1Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population Studies, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, Kommune Hospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark 2Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Correspondence Lise Lotte N. Husemoen, MSc, Centre for Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen County, Glostrup University Hospital, Nordre Ringvej, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark, tel. +45 43233256, fax +45 43233283, e-mail lloh@glostruphosp.kbhamt.dk. Background Smoking is the most important single preventable cause of a variety of common diseases, and a considerable share of premature death is attributable to smoking. Although the effects of smoking on morbidity and mortality are widely recognized, little is known about the impact of smoking on early retirement due to chronic disease. The objective of the study is to determine the effects of smoking behaviour on early retirement due to permanent disability in a large sample of the general population. Methods Follow-up study based on data from three longitudinal population studies conducted in the Copenhagen area. The final study population comprised 9,053 persons, 5,623 men and 3,430 women. Endpoint was grant of disability pension in the period 1980-1985. Baseline information was obtained from a self-administered questionnaire. Information about disability pensions was obtained from Statistics Denmark. Data analysis was performed by univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses. Results Smoking was found to be strongly associated with the risk of being granted a disability pension after adjustment for various confounders. The risk increased with daily consumption reaching a maximum odds ratio of 5.66 (1.88-17.00) and 5.61 (2.11-14.92) in heavily smoking men and women, respectively, who were below age 60. Conclusions Smokers are at considerably higher risk of early retirement due to chronic disease. In addition to the burden of disease, this leads to social and economic problems for the individual and has a significant economic impact on society.