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Calculation of the cost of indoor smoking in a smoking room

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

Indirect cost	Smoking room	SMOKING CABIN
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/break (normally 5-10 min)	min	4 min
Total smoking time per person per day	-	-

Personnel costs (normally € 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
Total cost for time spent on smoking	-	-
Direct cost
SPACE
Room size (normally 8-25 m² for smoking rooms)	m²	2 m²/Smoking cabin
Room cost (normally € 10-40 per m²/month)	€/m²/month	The same
Number of smoking cabins		-
Total space cost	-	-

ENERGY
Energy used (normally appr.200 kWh/m²/month)	kWh/m²/month	80 kWh/m²/month/Smoking cabin
Total Energy costs at 0.1 €/kWh	-	-

HANDLING OF CIGARETTE ENDS AND ASHES
Costs involved with emptying ashtrays and fire incidences
Total ashhandling cost	€/month	None

SANATISING
Cost for sanatising smoking rooms per year	€/month	None
Total cost for sanatising smoking rooms per month	-	None

RENT
Total rental cost	None	-

Total cost for the workplace as a whole	-	-

Savings with Smoke Free Systems		-