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This page has (follows the links):
CAMPAIGNS
on workplace / business - related tobacco issues;
latest RESEARCH on the impact of smoking
and secondhand smoke (passive smoking) on workplace health and business
costs;
and RESOURCES for more information or
taking useful action.
See our new Tobacco
and investment backgrounder !
CAMPAIGNS
Get tobacco out of sight - and protect
kids
The strong case for out-of-sight tobacco sales and
other measures to protect children.
See Protecting
children from tobacco
SmokeFree Australia campaign for smokefree
workplaces
Secondhand (passive) smoke is a toxic, highly carcinogenic workplace
air contaminant.
It kills more than 200 Australians a year and costs $47m
in health costs alone.
Workers in smoky venues - and there are still far too many of these - risk death, disability
and illness. This exposure is entirely preventable.
A coalition of union and health groups wants all Australian
workplaces smokefree immediately. Click on this logo to see latest research,
political and legal developments on this issue...
RESEARCH
Smoking increases sick leave
April 2007: Study in Tobacco Control journal See
full
study in Tobacco Control, April 2007 See CNN
media report 1/8/07
Tobacco's
$3.5b a year bill to business
2002: National study shows tobacco smoking costs Australia a staggering $21 billion
a year in health, business and social costs. Costs to business
alone are over $3.5 billion a year. See table 32 on p.62.
More research on the costs of smoking in the
workplace
2001: Smoking status has a major impact on
workplace absenteeism and productivity, according to this study: Halpern,
MT et al. Tobacco
Control 2001; 10:233-238.
See also US
study on how smoking in the workplace costs employers money.
Smokefree workplaces improve health - and
do not harm business
See SmokeFree
Australia for latest research on this from Australia and all
over the world.
RESOURCES
ASH has compiled the resources
below for
businesses on:
- why tobacco is a bad investment;
- how workplace smoking
is undermining business profits;
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how businesses can improve
productivity by going
smokefree;
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how retailers can easily
comply with the law and avoid prosecutions for illegal supply to
children and/or engaging in the illicit tobacco trade; and
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how
to implement a smokefree workplace policy.
Tobacco
and investment (September 2007)
A one-page A4 pdf backgrounder on why it makes no sense to sink good
money into a dying and disreputable industry
Tobacco
Facts for Unions (September 2002)
Fact sheet on the need for smoke-free workplaces. Read about:
- Big Tobacco's furtive campaign to
frustrate hospitality workers' rights to a healthy environment;
- new evidence of health harm from passive smoke;
- clear public support for smoke bans; and more...
Tobacco
Facts for Business (June 2002)
Informative newsletter with research and developments.
- Business bears $1.5b burden of smoking costs (note this figure has
risen: see above);
- Smoky venues face legal costs and lost trade;
and more...
Providing
a safe workplace: the law
A smoky workplace is unhealthy and unsafe. See this roundup (as at
November 2002) of Commonwealth, State and Territory laws setting out your
duty of care as an employer.
TobaccoScam
- new US site showing Big Tobacco manipulation of the restaurant
industry worldwide. Don't be scammed by tobacco industry
manipulation. Read about the great ventilation hoax (view
Here
), fake economics and
other tactics to stall smoke bans.
The benefits to businesses of smokefree
policies
How
to create a smokefree workplace
Australia:
Going
smokefree: workplace recommendations
From the Cancer Council NSW - how to implement a smokefree workplace
policy.
US: Making
your workplace smokefree: a decision-maker's guide
From the US National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and health Promotion. Lots of very good background and tips,
some of it a bit US-specific.
Tobacco smuggling and illicit tobacco trade, known as
"chop chop" is on the rise, despite prosecutions and
heavy fines. The Australian Tax Office has a hot line 1800 060 062
or email illegaltobacco@ato.gov.au
with information about suspected tobacco smuggling or sales of
"chop chop".
Tobacco
sales to minors
Access to cigarettes by children is still a major problem despite laws that
fine retailers for the illegal supply of cigarettes to young people under 18.
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