Smoking at work in Leicester - Do your staff want support?

Smoking in the work place

Helping the members of your staff who want help to become non-smokers is good business as it is shown to reduce sick days. It also shows that as an employer you value the people who work for you.

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Recently there was a back lash from UK employers when it was suggested in the media that they should support their staff and provided them with paid time off for “smoking cessation” services. This was part of a range of measures being recommended to businesses by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

With a good quality session of Hypnosis re-enforced with some NLP many people can kick the habit in under 90 minutes, and many within an hour. This compares favourably against the NHS STOP programme or NRT treatment which can last 2 – 3 months!

As non-smokers make fitter and healthier employees it makes sense for employers to help smokers who want to quit smoking for good. It has been shown the levels of concentration and attendance is lower amongst smokers compared to employees who don’t smoke and the related health cost for those companies offering private health care as part of the employee’s benefit package to be considerably higher.

One way for employers to start is to let their employees know about the free “becoming a non-smoker” information pack offered by www.notar.co.uk to anyone living in the UK. The pack offers advice about preparing for not only going smoke free but the real cost and benefit of making the decision to stop smoking.

Dr David Sloan, a public health specialist at NICE, said: “We know that overall around three out of four smokers want to quit.
“It’s important for employees and their representatives to work with employers on what support they need to give up smoking, and to encourage their employers to make support available.

The biggest saving to business is the reduction in sick days taken by non-smokers, so your investment in your staff pays back many time over...