Smoking in today Society-Webology

Smoking in today Society-Webology

Smoking in today's society has become a nasty habit of many and it is even being brought into the workplace in which employees are being affected. According to Huges et.al (1992) 70% of tobacco users want to quit, only 3% are successful with will power alone. By creating a smoking cessation program in the workplace, it would provide help to employees who want to quit. A variety of other services were made available to those who were participants in the program such as relaxation and coping techniques, assertiveness skills, and relapse prevention techniques (Mishra et al. 2009). Participants were educated on the hazards of tobacco consumption and are monitored for tobacco consumption.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862448/

When organizations allow workers to take smoke breaks, work productivity decreases. According to Robbins (2000) “due to smoking men are associated with a 60% increase in the risk of lost workdays and women are associated with a 15% of lost workdays”. (para. 1). If a smoking cessation program is implemented in the workplace and the associated employees participate then it can be assumed according to these statistics that workplace productivity would increase and smoking breaks would decrease. There are a number of other concerns that are associated with smoking in the workplace such as an increase in work related injuries and a higher rate of disciplinary actions.

http://publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default/files/resources/ws-fs-costs-2004.pdf

Cessation programs are relatively low-cost and yield financial returns over the long-term that far outweigh their costs. A theoretical model for the U.S. estimates potential long-term net benefits of a smoking cessation program at around $4.5 million for large employers. Smoke-free workplaces not only protect non-smokers from passive smoking but also encourage smokers to quit or reduce their consumption, reducing the total cigarette consumption per employee by 29%. To achieve similar results through taxation would require cigarette taxes to increase from $0.76 to $3.05 per pack. Employers bear direct and indirect costs as a result of employees' smoking. Tobacco smoke also harms non-smokers exposed to so-called second-hand smoke or environmental tobacco. These costs add up to significant amounts. A 1996 study of Scottish workplaces estimated the total related costs of employee smoking in Scotland at around three quarters of a billion US$ per year (smoking related absence: $60 million; productivity losses: $675 million; losses from fire: $6 million (Parrot et al., 1996). smoke (ETS). The benefits from making workplaces smoke-free are far larger than the costs. Cessation programs are relatively low-cost and yield financial returns over the long run that far outweigh their costs. A theoretical model for the US estimates potential long term net benefits of a smoking cessation program at around $4.5 million for large employers (Warner et al., 1996). Fears in the hospitality industry (hotels, restaurants etc.) that smoking bans may damage business interests are largely unfounded. Studies of hotels, bars and restaurants in several U.S. states, Canada and Australia all show that smoking bans do not result in business drop-off. Employers can protect the health of their employees and reduce ...