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Company XYZ
“Quittin’ Time: Helping Employees Become Tobacco-free”

Activity

Theme

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

Senior Management Announcement Memo

Notification of changes to, or addition of new, workplace smoking policy, as applicable

Poster: It’s Quittin’ Time (E/S)

Manager’s article: How Managers Can Address Smoking at the Workplace

Articles:

  • What Causes Nicotine Addiction? (E/S)
  • When a Co-worker Smokes
  • Smokeless Tobacco

Tip sheet: What Causes Nicotine Addiction? (E/S)

Banner graphic: Achieve Solutions

Campaign Kick-off

 

Articles:

  • Managing Change: Acknowledging the Problem (E/S)
  • Secondhand Smoke (E/S)
  • Smoking and Your Appearance
  • Persistent Smoking, Depression and Disease

Self-quiz: Are You Ready to Change?

Solutions e-newsletter

Contemplating Change

 

Manager’s article: What to Say When You Refer to the EAP

Articles:

  • Managing Change: Resolving Ambivalence (E/S)
  • How Do I Know If I Am Ready to Quit?

Self-quiz: Am I Ready to Quit Smoking?

Am I Ready to Quit?

 

Manager’s article: What to Say When You Refer to the EAP

Articles:

  • Managing Change: Preparing to Change (E/S)
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Smoking

Newsletters:

  • Solutions (E/S)
  • Solutions for Managers

Preparing to Change

 

Implementation of changes to, or addition of new, workplace smoking policy

Employee training: Quitting Smoking

Poster: It’s Quittin’ Time (E/S)

Manager’s article: When an Employee Wants to Quit Smoking: How Managers Can Help

Articles:

  • Managing Change: Making It Happen (E/S)
  • It’s Never Too Early or Too Late to Quit
  • How Your Doctor Can Help You Quit Smoking (E/S)

Tip sheet: Quit Smoking Tips (E/S)

E-mail message: Get Ready for the Great American Smokeout®

Solutions e-newsletter

Banner graphic: Quitting Smoking

Quitting Smoking (Great American Smokeout)

 

Articles:

  • Preventing Your Child From Smoking (E/S)
  • Smoking and the Lungs
  • Understanding Addiction to Tobacco

Tip sheet: Talking to Your Kids About Smoking (E/S)

Prevention

 

Poster: Step Into a Healthy Lifestyle

Articles:

  • Boosting Your Willpower
  • Kick the Addiction With Support Around You (E/S)
  • Helpful Hints for Quitters (E/S)

Goal Setting

 

Articles:

  • The Role of Supportive Therapy in Smoking Cessation
  • Helping a Loved One Quit Smoking (E/S)
  • Helping a Teen Quit Smoking

Manager’s tip sheet: The EAP Is There for You and Your Employees

Tip sheet: Help a Friend Quit Smoking (E/S)

Support

 

Employee training: Managing Change

Articles:

  • Managing Change: Sustaining the Effort (E/S)
  • The Quitting Process

Sustaining the Effort

 

Articles:

  • Which Nicotine-replacement Treatment Works Best?
  • Smoking Cessation Treatment Options (E/S)

E-mail message: Kick the Smoking Habit With Nicotine-replacement Therapy

Tip sheet: Smoking Cessation Treatment Options (E/S)

Banner graphic: Seeking Help

Recovery

 

Poster: Step Into a Healthy Lifestyle (E/S)

Articles:

  • Building Your Support Network
  • Nicotine Craving and Withdrawal Symptoms (E/S)

Tip sheet: How to Cope With Stress

Persevere

 

Poster: Stressed Out?

Articles:

  • Stressed Out? Work Out! (E/S)
  • Staying “Quit”
  • Smoking Cessation Aids

Tip sheets:

  • Recover From Addiction With Support Around You
  • Five-minute Stress Busters (E/S)

Sustaining the Effort

 

E/S = English/Spanish

Note: This sample timeline assumes that the workforce has received an orientation to the EAP and its services. (If not, please contact your ValueOptions account representative to schedule trainings for the general employee population as well as supervisors.)

Communication tools have been plotted across a one-year time period to help support your employees in working their way through the stages of making a behavior change—from recognizing a problem behavior and preparing to end tobacco use to quitting tobacco use and, finally, to maintaining a tobacco-free lifestyle. The campaign kicks off with awareness of nicotine addiction—the causes and understanding of why people use tobacco—prompting employees and employers to prepare to change their work environments and lifestyles. The campaign continues to help employees commit to quitting by identifying the stages of change process, goal setting and persevering throughout the year. Monthly themes tie in with national observances as appropriate for relevancy and additional momentum. Use this as a starting point to design a communication implementation plan for your workforce.

“Quittin’ Time: Helping Employees Become Tobacco-free” is one in a series of prevention initiatives developed by ValueOptions. Others include: “A Workplace Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Reaching Out to Troubled Employees,” “Healthy Lifestyles/Healthy Weight: A Strategy for the Workplace” and “Domestic Violence: Prevention at Work.”