L.C.T. Benefits to Business

Decreased time of worker away from workplace to smoke in designated area.
Decreased excess insurance costs (health, fire, workers compensation, short term disability, long term disability)
Decreased worker’s absenteeism and lost work days.
Decreased morbidity and mortality due to occupation-related disease for which smoking produces relatively higher risks.
Decreased accident rates.
Decreased loss of employees from premature death and disability from diseases associated with higher risk because of tobacco smoking.
Decreased number of worker days lost from work due to illness and injury associated with smoking.
Decreased equipment “down time”, equipment damage and maintenance costs.
Decreased allergic and irritant effects of tobacco smoke.
Workplace smells better.
Less risk of morbidity to individual with chronic heart or pulmonary disease.
Decreased annoyance cased by tobacco smoke environment.
Improvement in psychomotor function, especially attentiveness and cognitive functions.
Decreased prevalence of acute and chronic conditions including chronic sinusitis, peptic ulcer disease.
Decreased out-of-pocket health care costs.

Savings in money and in time spent smoking.
Decreased morbidity due to diseases associated with increased risk due to smoking.
Decreased mortality due to occupation-related diseases for which smoking produces relatively higher risks.
Decreased accident rates.
Increased work productivity.
Decreased work days lost, days spent in bed, and days with limited activity.
Reduction of risk acquiring: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Cancer of the lung, Heart disease, other cancers associated with increased risk from carcinogens, other vascular diseases.
Increased ability to manufacture antibody titres after natural infection of immunization.
Increased sense of smell and taste.
Reduced risks of respiratory disease within the family.
Less damage to clothing, furniture, etc… by burning cigarettes.
Decreased chance of fires.
Home, Automobile, workplace smells better.
Teeth look better, decreased rate of required teeth cleaning.
Better smelling breath and clothing.
Increased respiratory capacity.
Improved health status and life quality.