Berman Micah, Crane Rob, Seiber Eric, Munur Mehmet
The Ohio State University, College of Public Health & Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Tob Control. 2014 Sep;23(5):428-33. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050888. Epub 2013 Jun 3.
We attempted to estimate the excess annual costs that a US private employer may attribute to employing an individual who smokes tobacco as compared to a non-smoking employee.
Reviewing and synthesising previous literature estimating certain discrete costs associated with smoking employees, we developed a cost estimation approach that approximates the total of such costs for U.S. employers. We examined absenteeism, presenteesim, smoking breaks, healthcare costs and pension benefits for smokers.
Our best estimate of the annual excess cost to employ a smoker is $5816. This estimate should be taken as a general indicator of the extent of excess costs, not as a predictive point value.
Employees who smoke impose significant excess costs on private employers. The results of this study may help inform employer decisions about tobacco-related policies.
我们试图估算与不吸烟员工相比，美国私人雇主雇佣吸烟员工每年可能产生的额外成本。
通过回顾和综合先前估算与吸烟员工相关的特定离散成本的文献，我们开发了一种成本估算方法，该方法可近似估算美国雇主的此类成本总额。我们研究了吸烟者的旷工、出勤主义、吸烟休息时间、医疗保健成本和养老金福利。
我们对雇佣一名吸烟者每年额外成本的最佳估计为5816美元。该估计应被视为额外成本程度的一般指标，而非预测点值。
吸烟员工给私人雇主带来了显著的额外成本。本研究结果可能有助于为雇主制定与烟草相关政策的决策提供参考。
