If organization suffers losses because of employees smoking, the administration can encourage employees to give up smoking and improve economic indicators of organization. There were no researches done, relating smoking and economy of organization, in Lithuania.

Aim of study: to find the link between smoking and temporary incapacity, which is related to economic indicators of organization.

Objectives:

1. To estimate smoking prevalence in organization X;

2. To find the link between smoking habits and previous temporary incapacity of employees;

3. To estimate a possible economic effect of helping those, who are giving up smoking.

Methods: questionnaire was answered by 182 employees of the organization. The analysis of a temporary incapacity in the organization. Data was analysed using SPSS 12.0 programe.

Results: smoking prevalence in the organization is 42,9 percent. Smoking prevalence among men reaches 43,9 percent, among women – 36 percent. One smoking employee of the organization gets 1,144 (p=0.003) temporary incapacity cases more, than non smoking employee. One smoking employee of the organization gets 4.971 (p=0.012) temporary incapacity days more, than non smoking employee. The organization suffer an average loses of 58164.6 Lithuanian litas every year, because of the employees smoking.

Conclusions: the economic effect of helping those, who are giving up smoking, would be positive. One employee of the organization could save 559.28 Lithuanian litas every year if he gave up smoking. Notionally, the organization could save 42000 lithuanian litas every year.

Raktažodžiai: Smoking, economy of the organization, giving up smoking.