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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