To Keep The Change

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With healthcare costs approaching $1.8 trillion, more and more employers are promoting work-site wellness programs in attempt to contain their costs. Because employees and their families need help with leading healthier lifestyles, on-site smoking cessation programs such as the Keep the Change program is a great place to start.

The economic burden of tobacco use is in the area of $155 billion per year: $75 billion in medical costs, and another $80 billion in lost productivity
Most common reasons for excess costs per smoker include:
1. Excess medical expenditures: health, dental and life insurance costs and claims
2. Smoking breaks
3. Worker's comp
4. Absenteeism
5. Liability costs associated with exposure to ETS
6. Recruiting and retraining when employees become ill secondary to smoking
Stroke, heart disease, lung disease, lung cancer, increased risk of death from sudden infant death syndrome and respiratory distress, increased ear infections, lower respiratory tract infections and asthma attacks in children exposed to second hand smoke to name a few

70% of all adult smokers WANT to quit. Employers can be catalysts in helping their employees invest in good healthy habits!

Information provided by the Center for Disease Control. You can visit their website at www.cdc.gov/tobacco

When I finally made the decision to quit smoking, I joined a smoking cessation class. I was lucky enough to work for a fabulous company that offered this terrific benefit here at our office during lunchtime . . .

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This program was a great help to me! I have quit before but without a plan! I feel this time I have the resources to finally succeed. Thanks to
you, Laurie.
~ Eileen G.