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with its emphasis of looking well, eating well and being well, is all too aware of the connection between illness and disease and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.  It’s fairly well understood there is a connection between smoking and cancer; obesity and diabetes; eating the wrong foods and cardiac disease, high blood pressure and lack of exercise.  Most people make the connection between maintaining a healthy lifestyle and a healthy immune system.  Worker-related injuries and illnesses heal faster the healthier the worker is overall.

workplace injuries can be aggravated and recovery from them delayed by poor lifestyle habits.  Much in the same way a pre-existing condition such as spinal stenosis can delay and aggravate a back injury.

search for ways to reduce workers’ compensation costs.  Instituting wellness programs in the workplace benefits both the employer and employees.  So, let’s begin with one of the most popular topic people are concerned about.

for most people quitting smoking is very difficult.  “Cold turkey” works for very few people.  Having a formal quit smoking program in the workplace can provide the help and support smokers need to kick the habit.  Let’s look at some suggestions that may make smoking more aggravating than the pleasure derived from the nicotine.

a smoking/non-smoking policy.  Most workplaces ban smoking in the building and provide an outdoor smoking area.

set specific times and length of smoking breaks.  Nothing causes more workplace uproar than smokers freely running in and out on smoke breaks (workersxzcompxzkit) while non-smokers are limited to one or two coffer breaks.

a program aimed at helping smokers to quit, medically supervised and include self-help meetings to measure progress.  Participants should have medical permission from their primary care physician before beginning a quit smoking program.

  only five or six cigarettes are fully smoked. The rest of the time, they light up and take a few puffs out of   Cutting back to the few cigarettes actually smoked at a time most enjoyed is a good starting point.

in an inconvenient place; one the smoker can get to, but forces the question: “Do I relly want/need this cigarette?  Can I wait an hour?  At home, keep them in the freezer and go outside to smoke.  In the car, keep them in the back seat.   “Can you picture yourself pulling over, stopping, getting out of the car to get a cigarette?”  (Anyway, smoking while driving is dangerous.)

switching to a pipe or cigars because the smoker does not have to inhale.  However, switch back to cigarettes if inhaling starts.  A pipe, in particular, gives smokers something to do with their hands –  light it, take a few puffs, tamp the tobacco, relight it, clean the bowl.  Caution:  if you smoke while watching TV, you can wind up chain-smoking.

  Light up, take three puffs, put it out.  Relight the same cigarette the next time there is an urge to smoke.  (Is it possible the same cigarette could last all day?)

is reduced as far as a person can go, encourage them to pick a date to quit and go for it.  It is easier to quit if everyone quits at the same time.  However, each smoker picks the date to quit when ready.

gum or patches can help.  Consult with a physician for the latest in medications to assist in quitting smoking.

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