Tobacco use Bans Get Mixed Review.
At the end of the day, is it worthwhile to ban tobacco use on the premises at your corporation?
It depends on the steps you take to support workers trying to kick the habit, finds a recent published study . The Journal of Tobacco Policy and Research found that smokers do, in fact take more sick days than their non-use of tobacco peers.
And even when the smoker is in relatively good overall health (i.e., isn’t obese, does not have chronic medical conditions), he or she is still likely to have higher health care costs than a comparable non-smoker over the last three years.
How does a smoking ban fit into the cost equation? When the smoker quits, health costs even out.
But when the person only refrains from use of tobacco on the job