Workplace interventions for smoking cessation

Abstract

BackgroundThe workplace has potential as a setting through which large groups of people can be reached to encourage smoking cessation. ObjectivesTo categorize workplace interventions for smoking cessation tested in controlled studies and to determine the extent to which they help workers to stop smoking or to reduce tobacco consumption.

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a WHO-5A model based comprehensive tobacco control program among migrant workers in Guangdong, China: a pilot study

“…Conducting smoking cessation interventions in the workplaces, including recruitment and regular follow-ups is necessary, given the high smoking rate among the workers; but also feasible as they work together and spend most of their daily time in their workplace [14]. Previous studies have suggested the efficacy of smoking cessation interventions in the workplace [15][16][17][18][19]. Several intervention approaches have shown to be effective for tobacco control including individual or group counselling, pharmacotherapy, and incentives.…”

“…However, these approaches are often used in developed countries [15][16][17]. In developing countries, approaches such as environmental support or self-help interventions were often reported, which were however shown to be less effective [18,19]. More importantly, tobacco control intervention among the migrant workers is rarely reported.…”

Solving the problem of smoking in the Polish enterprises during 2003–2015

“…Although the research on the impact of the company (workplace) involvement in the effectiveness of specific methods used in smoking cessation campaigns is not advanced, the accessible results indicate that for a number of those methods the effects are similar, and financial support from the employer (e.g., premiums for not smoking, sponsorship of nicotine replacement therapy, etc.) seems to be particularly motivating [36]. Of course, the adoption of this perspective requires a partnership approach from the state to finance health-promoting activity of companies.…”

Investigating Employee-Reported Benefits of Participation in a Comprehensive Australian Workplace Health Promotion Program

“…42 Moreover, a review of workplace interventions for smoking cessation found no evidence of comprehensive workplace programs that target multiple risk-related behaviors having an effect on smoking prevalence. 17 It was notable, however, that reported reductions in stress and improved job performance were associated with participation in lifestyle behavior-related programs. This is in line with the findings of Muse and colleagues, 65 who concluded that when an organization provides work-life benefits that employees use or value, a positive reciprocal exchange forms between employer and employee that can result in higher job performance.…”

“…[6][7][8][9][10] These are programs that address factors in the work environment that can adversely influence as well as promote health, and also typically include the provision of activities that help employees to improve their health and well-being. A number of meta-analyses and reviews of primarily experimental and quasi-experimental studies have demonstrated small-to-modest positive results that link some workplace interventions to health-related outcomes 11 including improved employee physical activity, [12][13][14] dietary behavior, 15,16 smoking cessation, 17 and healthy weight. 18 The primary purpose of WHP is typically the promotion of employee health and well-being, however, WHP programs, as noted by Pronk,19 can also generate a range of potential additional outcomes that employees and employers may consider valuable.…”