Who are you going to believe? The American Lung Association or the cold, hard facts?
According to the Bureau of National Affairs and the US Chamber of commerce, businesses that ban smoking don’t really see much in terms of benefit. In fact, according to the BNA, 95% of companies that banned smoking saw no financial savings at all and the US Chamber says that “no significant employee absences can be directly attributed to smoking…”
The BNA is a pay site, but this information was found in this article about the costs of smoking in business.
Maybe the ALA and CDC’s “estimates” are nothing more than scare tactics, eh?
Filed under: Studies You Won't Hear About, reality check | Tagged: ALA, BNA, business costs, CDC, smoking, US Chamber of commerce
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