Work-Related Consequences of Smoking Cessation.

Abstract

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Can a Mass-Media Campaign Modify Tobacco Smoking in a Large Organization? Evaluation of the Great American Smokeout in an Urban Hospital

“…A one-day event like the Smokeout could be viewed as coercive by employees who believe it is their "right" to smoke, possibly increasing their resistance to further organizational smoking cessation efforts. Without providing strategies and support for long-term behavior change, any possible short-term quitting spurred by the Smokeout may result in adverse effects on employees' perceptions of their work performance and of their own health and emotional well-being (Manning, Osland, & Osland, 1989).…”