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Some facts about smoking in the workplace
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• Smoking kills around 106,000 people each year in the U.K. (Chief Medical Officer)
• Around 3 million people become passive smokers when they
go to work. (Chief Medical Officer)
• 72% of current smokers think that smoking should be
restricted in the workplace. (National Office for Statistics)
• In 1988 Around 50 million working days were lost to smoking
related ill health. (Royal College of Physicians)
• 70% of adult smokers say they want to quit.
• 4 out of 5 smokers wish they had never started.
• Around 70% of the workforce do not smoke.
• 15% of cigarette smoke is inhaled by the smoker, 85% goes
into the environment.
• In adults, second-hand smoke increases the risk of lung
cancer by some 20-30% and the risk of coronary heart
disease by 50 – 60%. (British Medical Association)
• At least 1000 people per year die in the UK as a result of
second hand smoke. (British Medical Association)
