We urge you to sponsor your employees to give up smoking on Thursday 13 March 2003. An investment of £25 per smoking employee will be redeemed in less than a week. Here's how …

1. Reduce Absenteeism
Non-smokers are half as likely to be absent from work.

2. Increase Productivity
"Fag breaks" cost the company 6% of the working day.
It takes 92 non-smokers to do the work for 100 smokers

3. Reduce Health Insurance Costs
Smokers use healthcare and hospitals 50% more.

4. Save Money
Goodyear estimates $2 million yearly costs in smoking-related problems.

5. Reduce Accidents
Smokers are likely to have twice as many on-the-job accidents.

6. Increase Out Put
Smokers have less energy. After 48hrs CO (Carbon Dioxide) from smoking will leave the body allowing red blood cells to absorb oxygen more efficiently

7. Increase Motivation
Smokers often arrive to work feeling fuzzy in head, lethargic and less motivated.

8. Reduce the Risk of Property Damage
Smoking stains walls and furnishings, requiring increased maintenance.

9. Hold on to your Staff for Longer
Smoking increases the chance of an early death.

10. Professor Regina Herzlinger, health cost specialist at Harvard Graduate School of Business, reported that smoking cessation programs within companies are "The most cost-effective preventive activity."