Making Your Workplace a Smoke Free : A Decision Maker's Guide

By Department of Health and Human Services

Book Id: WPLBN0000098478
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Making Your Workplace a Smoke Free : A Decision Maker's Guide
Author:	Department of Health and Human Services
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Medical research, Medical reports
Collections:	Medical Library Collection
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Publisher:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citation APA MLA Chicago Health And Human Services, D. O. (n.d.). Making Your Workplace a Smoke Free : A Decision Maker's Guide. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
PREFACE -- As scientific evidence documenting the health hazards posed by environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) continues to mount, workplace decision makers have more reason than ever to protect employees from exposure to ETS on the job. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded in January 1993 that each year ETS kills an estimated 3,000 adult nonsmokers from lung cancer and that the workplace is a significant source of ETS. In a recent study, nonsmoking employees exposed to ETS at work but not at home had significantly higher levels of a nicotine metabolite in their blood than did nonsmoking workers with no work or home exposure to ETS. Levels of exposure to ETS are lowest in smokefree workplaces.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ii ABOUT THIS GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi CHAPTER ONE. COSTS AND OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF TOBACCO . . . . . . . .1 Adverse Effects of Combining Cigarette Smoking and Other Workplace Risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Health Consequences of ETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Costs to Employers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Costs to Individuals and to Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 CHAPTER TWO. BENEFITS OF A SMOKEFREE WORKPLACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Support for Workplace Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Employee Morale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Productivity and Medical Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Corporate Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 CHAPTER THREE. A DECISION MAKER’S GUIDE TO CHOOSING A WORKPLACE POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 It’s Your Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Model Smokefree Policy and Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 CHAPTER FOUR. SUPPORT FOR EMPLOYEES WHO SMOKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 The Goal: A Smokefree Workplace, Not Stigmatizing Employees Who Smoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Nicotine Addiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Immediate Benefits of Quitting Smoking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Smoking Cessation and the Workplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Types of Support for Employees Who Smoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Match Support to Employee Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Cessation Support Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Deciding What Types of Support to Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31