Companies Benefit From Encouraging Employees to Quit Smoking

[lindsayfox]

Don’t be too surprised if your employer starts talking to you about quitting smoking. Increasing numbers of companies are organizing programs to help people quit cigarettes.

According to Steve Martenet, president of HealthLink, companies are realizing that there are many advantages to getting employees to stop smoking. Employers have always complained about the time people take for smoking breaks, but there are more serious consequences. Regular smokers tend to suffer from many diseases and therefore they have to take lots of time off from work. Healthcare costs also go up in the case of smokers.

According to reliable studies, a majority of smokers would like to quit the habit but can’t do so without help. Getting people to stop smoking is no easy task and companies have to organize long term programs to help their employees quit smoking. Keep in mind that many people who stop smoking pick up the habit again within a year.

Click here to read about all the things that companies have to do achieve this objective.


I think this is a good news for the e-cigarette market. Employers push employees to quit smoking >> employees turn to alternatives (hopefully e-cigarettes) >> vaping in offices becomes not only normal but something employers would actually support >> productivity at work increases.

Henry Ford Health System implemented a new restriction, where they decided to not hire anyone who consumes nicotine. They obviously went a little overboard because I think nicotine isn't the real issue here. This article goes into detail of the regulations that were enforced.


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Has there been a similar case at your work? Is vaping allowed in your work environment? If not, do you think it should be allowed and why?

I have seen many situations where employers have decided to ban e-cigarettes at work. I think if we have a good argument against these restrictions, we'll have a good chance of regaining our freedom at work.

 

[rothenbj]

Lindsay, you have a lot of catching up to do. The Anti-smoking movement went to Anti-tobacco long ago, even though most smokeless tobacco is considerably safe than smoking. Since the advent of the e cig and it's invasion into the NRT space, they've move to and anti-nicotine position, unless of course, that nicotine is supplied by the Pharma industry.

Your medical center example is just a duplication of many that preceded it as well as the Anti's move to make vaping illegal anywhere that smoking is.

 

[DC2]

This is why I'm glad my employer hasn't joined in this insanity yet.
And also why I'm glad my insurance company doesn't ask me if I use nicotine yet.

If either of those things happened, I would fight them with everything I have.
And I feel sorry for the people who work for the growing number of companies that are pulling this crap.

They know not what they do.

Well, the hospitals that are doing this probably know what they are doing.
They are probably doing it on purpose to support their buddies in Big Pharma.

But the rest of them, they probably don't have a clue how wrong this is.

 

[lindsayfox]

Lindsay, you have a lot of catching up to do. The Anti-smoking movement went to Anti-tobacco long ago, even though most smokeless tobacco is considerably safe than smoking. Since the advent of the e cig and it's invasion into the NRT space, they've move to and anti-nicotine position, unless of course, that nicotine is supplied by the Pharma industry.

Your medical center example is just a duplication of many that preceded it as well as the Anti's move to make vaping illegal anywhere that smoking is.

Thanks for clearing the water. I didn't know it was outdated.

 

[lindsayfox]

This is why I'm glad my employer hasn't joined in this insanity yet.
And also why I'm glad my insurance company doesn't ask me if I use nicotine yet.

If either of those things happened, I would fight them with everything I have.
And I feel sorry for the people who work for the growing number of companies that are pulling this crap.

They know not what they do.

Well, the hospitals that are doing this probably know what they are doing.
They are probably doing it on purpose to support their buddies in Big Pharma.

But the rest of them, they probably don't have a clue how wrong this is.

I agree. I, too, feel bad for the people who will be affected by this. Honestly, I don't see the reason for any company to get involved with these sort of regulations (except the big pharma families, of course).

I hope that something is being done to stop such restrictions from being enforced.