Work, Live, and Play—Tobacco Free

If you're looking for information and resources to make your workplace tobacco-free, the South Dakota Department of Health's Tobacco Control Program has resources to help. Check this site to see what's available.

Cessation & tobacco-free policies cut costs
By encouraging and supporting employees to quit using tobacco and implementing tobacco-free work policies, employers can generate financial returns:

• lower health care costs

• reduced absenteeism

• improved productivity and fewer accidents

• lower life insurance costs

• lower maintenance and insurance costs for buildings and grounds

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The majority (70%) of adult smokers want to quit; employer support for tobacco cessation when combined with smoke-free policy make it more likely that they will succeed.

Tobacco-free worksite policies reduce smokers' and nonsmokers' risk of heart attack, lung cancer , oral cancer and other serious and costly illnesses.