Healthy Workplace - Tobacco-Free Living

In Hamilton, 22% of adults smoke.

Tips for Your Workplace

• Promote tobacco-free living in the workplace by helping employees quit and protecting them from second-hand smoke.
• Offer smoking cessation supports. Consider offering individual counselling, self-help resources, group programs, and ensuring pharmaceutical cessation products are covered under benefits package or reimbursing for the cost of a quitting program.
• Ensure that you are complying with the Smoke-Free Ontario Act (SFOA). The SFOA requires all enclosed workplaces in Ontario to be smoke-free by May 31, 2006.

Tobacco-Free Living Resources

Smoke-Free Environments in the Workplace (pdf)
This newsletter contains a menu of tobacco-related activities that have been developed to assist your workplace in creating a work environment that fosters smoke-free living. Contents include:

• Information on Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
• Cessation resources
• Activities for employers
• Quit smoking medications
• Local contacts

Tobacco-Free Living Resources (pdf)
Information on ready-to-use and easy to access resources that will support your health and wellness programming.

City of Hamilton - Tobacco-Free Living
This section will provide you with programs to quit smoking in Hamilton, the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, information about second-hand smoke and more.

Smoking Cessation in the Workplace: A Guide to helping your employees quit smoking (external site)
This guide is for employers and others who promote health in the workplace. This resource:

• Outlines the reasons why workplaces should get involved and support employees’ efforts to cut down or quit smoking
• Provides practical, relevant material on smoking cessation
• Explains the kinds of smoking cessation activities that can be offered and outlines the necessary steps
• Includes handouts, tools, and a list of further resources and references
• Is relevant for ALL types of workplaces

Towards a Healthier Workplace: A Guidebook on Tobacco Control Policies (external site)
This guidebook is designed to help employees and employers who are preparing to create or strengthen tobacco control policies in their workplaces. Contents of the guidebook include:

• Effective policies and programs for workplace tobacco control
• Tools and handouts
• Six case stories
• Presentation materials
• Contact list for further information

Consultative support for using these resources from a health promotion specialist is available upon request.

Healthy Workplace E-Bulletin Articles

• Smoking and Stress ( Employers / Employees )
• Stop-Smoking Medications Currently Available in Canada

Contact Information

Last updated: February 2, 2009