Did you know that smokers are estimated to cost UK businesses £2.1 billion per year? American researchers found that cigarette breaks, increased absenteeism and greater healthcare costs combined to the extra burden smokers place on employers, with smoking breaks alone amounting to £2,000 in lost productivity each year.

Researchers from the College of Public Health and Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University calculated that time off work cost £344 a year, lower productivity £307 and smoking breaks a huge £2,045 per year. Extra health care costs came to £1,367 a year.

Have you considered the costs to your company?

•Reduced productivity due to smoking breaks and extra sick leave (Did you know that smokers have approximately 8 more days sick leave per year than their non-smoking colleagues?)

•Increased health insurance premium

•Poor representation of company image

•Resentment from non-smoking members of staff

Why not offer stop smoking hypnotherapy as part of your well-being at work initiative?

The Mind Solutions Smoking Cessation Programme can be carried out on site across the UK or at my clinic here in Witney, Oxfordshire. This specialist programme consists of a 7 day pre-session preparation guide, a single 2 hour stop smoking hypnotherapy session plus after care guide and booster CD.