Employees already know the risks, but smoking-cessation program can help them quit the habit
While employers know some employees smoke, they may not appreciate the thousands of dollars per year that each smoker costs an organization in lost productivity and absenteeism.
Although the proportion of people who smoke is considerably lower than it was a generation ago, more than 16 per cent of Canadians are still smokers and the majority smoke daily, according to a 2012 Health Canada survey.
