Smoking and sickness absence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Conclusions We found robust evidence showing that smoking increases both the risk and number of sickness absence days in working populations, regardless of study location, gender, age, and occupational class. Encouraging smoking cessation at the workplace could therefore be beneficial for employers and employees. PMID: 31478055 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31478055?dopt=Abstract

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - September 2, 2019 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Troelstra SA, Coenen P, Boot CR, Harting J, Kunst AE, van der Beek AJ Tags: Scand J Work Environ Health Source Type: research