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$3,391
Estimated cost of employing a smoker, per year, in health care costs and lost productivity
6.16
Days of work missed per year by smokers due to illness
3.86
Days of work missed per year by non-smokers due to illness
1 Month
The annual total break time of an employee who takes four 10-minute smoke breaks per day
7
Percent higher maintenance costs for a building that allows smoking than for a building that doesn’t
21
States in which it is legal for an employer to refuse to hire smokers
90,800
Number of fires linked to smoking in the United States in 2010
610
Deaths resulting from smoking-related fires in the United States in 2010
Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; National Fire Protection Association