Calculation of the cost of smoking outdoors

There are costs associated with Smoking outdoors that are often overlooked:

1. Long distances to walk
2. Longer smoking breaks: "while we're here" mentality and group smoking
3. Smokers form groups

Indirect cost	SMOKING OUTDOORS	SMOKING STATION
TIME
Number of smoking breaks (normally 4-6)	times/day	The same
Time to walk there and back (normally 3-8 min.)	min	1 min
Smoking time per break (normally 5-10 min.)	min	4 min
Total smoking time per person per day	-	-
Personnel costs (normally Û 25-40 per hour)	€ /h	The same
Total cost of smoking time per person per day	-	-
Number of employees at the workplace	employees	The same
Number of smokers in % of employees	%	The same
Cost of smoking time per month for all smokers	-	-
Direct cost
ROOM
Room size (normally 8-25 m2 for smoking rooms)	None	2 m2 for all Smoking Stations
Room cost (normally € 125-500 per m2/year)	€ /m2/year	The same
Number of smoking cabins		-
Cost of room	0 € /month	-
ENERGY
Energy used (normaly 2 000-3 000 kWh/m2/year)	None	80 kWh/m2/year per Smoking Station
Energy costs at 0.1 €/kWh	0 € /month	-
HANDLING OF CIGARETTE ENDS AND ASHES
Costs involved with emptying ashtrays and fire incidences
Total ashhandling cost	€/month	None
RENTING a Smoking Station
Total rental cost	None	-
Total cost for the workplace as a whole	-	-
Savings with Smoke Free Systems		-