A GOOD WORKER…………COSTING YOU $8000 EVERY YEAR!

Project Delays. Safety Risks. $8,000 Per Smoker, Every Year. It’s Time to Stop Paying!

Your industry runs on tight budgets and demanding deadlines. Every minute of non-productive time cuts directly into your profit margin. Despite this, most construction companies absorb a hidden, unbudgeted operating cost: The Smoking Tax. This drain costs your business an estimated $8,000 per smoking employee, every year, impacting productivity, insurance, and critical project timelines.

The Immediate Operational Cost of Smoking

Smoking isn’t a personal health issue—it’s a systemic operational liability with immediate, measurable costs on every job site:

• 1. Productivity Black Hole: 250 Lost Hours. An employee taking just four 15-minute breaks daily loses over 250 paid hours annually in productive time. That’s equivalent to six full workweeks of lost labor per smoker. SIX WEEKS!
• 2. Compounding Safety Risk. Your EMR is On The Line. Each smoke break is a break in focus. Interrupting tasks and hustling back to work heightens the chance of error, directly compounding risk. Workers struggling through withdrawal because they can’t smoke on the job are truly a menace to safety. A driver who smokes has an 11 second slower reaction time. A lot can happen in 11 seconds.
• 3. Unreliable Attendance. Smokers have a 33% higher rate of absenteeism due to related illnesses. Unpredictable staffing leads to unexpected overtime and ripple-effect scheduling delays your projects can’t afford.
• 4. Healthcare Premium Escalation. Each smoker in your group plan massively drives up the overall healthcare spend and subsequent premium renewals—a cost unfairly carried by the entire organization. Workers Comp claims alone are 12.5 times higher for smokers.

Why Traditional Cessation Programs Fail

Standard programs—patches, gums, and pills—rely on willpower and managing chemical withdrawal. They rarely deliver a permanent return because they do not address the psychological habit.

The long-term failure rates prove they are short-term deferrals, not solutions:

These costly deferrals guarantee the return of the $8,000 annual liability.

The “Smokebreak Professional” Program: Guaranteed Efficiency

Steve Axtell is the “Smokebreak Professional”, and as a former 3-pack-a-day smoker, he understands this problem intimately. For 35 years, he’s used a unique, drug-free hypnosis method to help thousands quit permanently. This program is specifically engineered for the construction industry: zero disruption, permanent results.

Key Program Advantages:

• Zero On-Site Disruption: All sessions are conducted securely over the phone during your employee’s off hours. There is no need to pull valuable labor off-site. Employees participate from home.
• The Power of One Session: My proprietary method boasts a 95% success rate in a single, focused session. We deliver immediate results—no six-week programs, no repeated visits, and zero time wasted.
• A Clean, Focused Transition: Employees walk away non-smokers without the common side effects of withdrawal or weight gain. They return to the job site focused and productive.

Your Lifetime Guarantee: Our Business Contract

In an industry built on performance contracts, we offer a guarantee that eliminates your investment risk:

I promise in writing to work with your employees until they are successful. If they ever start smoking again—in 2 days or 10 years—they call me, and I will happily work with them at no extra charge, forever. I want my clients to succeed.

This is a guaranteed, permanent resolution to the costs and liabilities of nicotine addiction in your workforce. You pay once for a lifetime of productivity recovery.

Stop the Drain. Start the ROI.

The $8,000 annual loss per smoker is not a fixed cost—it’s a variable expense you can significantly reduce. You’re not spending money; you’re securing a guaranteed improvement to payroll efficiency, insurance profiles, and on-site safety culture.

Your Next Strategic Move: Drop the $8,000 Liability Today.

Secure a Free, 30-Minute Corporate Strategy Session. I’ll analyze the specific cost of smoking in your operation and present a guaranteed, non-disruptive implementation plan. You’ll be amazed when you learn what the smoking habit is really all about, and why smokers have such a horrible failure rate when they try to quit in the traditional ways. You’ll also learn why my approach works! And best of all, you’ll learn how to improve your bottom line!

Convert a permanent drain into permanent profit.

Call Steve Now. He Can Help