Financial Benefits for Tobacco-Free  Workplaces

• Establishing smoke-free workplaces is the simplest and most cost effective way to improve worker and business health.

• Cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke cost $92 billion in productivity losses annually, according to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) puts a $3,391 price tag on each employee who smokes: $1,760 in lost productivity and $1,623 in excess medical expenditures.

• The American Cancer Society reports that employees who smoke have an average insured payment for health care of $1,145, while nonsmoking employees average $762.

•  What tobacco costs South Dakota:
        •  Total Annual Medical Costs to South Dakota:         $274 million.
        •  Annual Medicaid Medical Cost: $58 million.
        •  Total State Revenue from Tobacco Excise Taxes         and Settlement: $48.5 million.

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Benefits of a Tobacco-Free Workplace

The U.S. Surgeon General has concluded that adopting
smoke-free workplace policies is a wise business decision.
The results of all credible peer-reviewed studies show that smoke-free policies and regulations do not have a negative impact on business revenues.

Click below to learn about some of the benefits of a
tobacco-free workplace.

Benefits for Employers

Benefits for Employees

The Benefits to
Smoke-Free Restaurants and Bars

Financial Benefits for
Tobacco-Free Workplaces