Stopping Harmful Impact From Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace
Stopping Harmful Impact From Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace
February 22, 2010
Culturally-tailored intervention helps Latino parents of asthmatic children to stop smoking
A recent study suggests that a culturally-tailored intervention program can help Latino parents who have asthmatic children quit smoking. The study, which was carried out through the Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine and Brown University, measured the amount of secondhand smoke children were exposed to through the placement of two nicotine monitors in the homes of study participants. Researchers translated nicotine exposure into “cigarette equivalents.” In addition, in-home counseling – tailored to Latino culture and values – was delivered by a Latina health educator. Twenty-eight percent of intervention participants had quit smoking three months after the intervention, compared to 18 percent of those in a control group.
In this third issue of Cessation Benefits Focus, we focus on how to design a tobacco cessation benefit with the goal of increasing the likelihood that plan participants will use the benefit and succeed in quitting. This issue addresses the key components of a comprehensive cessation benefit, benefit costs, calculation of return-on-investment (ROI), and benefit design, including sample SPD language, and includes two, one-page fact sheets—one on tobacco cessation counseling and the other on tobacco cessation medications.
» Read the October 2009 issue of Cessation Benefits Focus PDF, 1.06 Mb
» An overview of tobacco cessation medications PDF, 1314 Kb
» An overview of tobacco cessation counseling PDF, 112 Kb
WorkSHIFTS recently presented at the 2009 National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH), held in Phoenix, Arizona on June 10 – 12. NCTOH brings together a diverse array of leaders in the tobacco control community including health care providers, advocates, policymakers, public health practitioners, and legal experts. Bernie Hesse, UFCW Local 789, and Alison Moore, WorkSHIFTS staff member, presented a poster highlighting the efforts of WorkSHIFTS to address smoking cessation in the labor community. The presentation, Influencing Taft-Hartley Funds to Provide and Promote Tobacco Cessation Benefits, described findings from a previous research study investigating health benefit decision-making among Taft-Hartley Health and Welfare Funds. For more information about the presentation, please feel free to contact Alison Moore at alison.moore@wmitchell.edu or Susan Weisman at susan.weisman@wmitchell.edu.
» View the WorkSHIFTS poster, "Influencing Taft-Hartley Funds to Provide and Promote Tobacco Cessation Benefits" PDF, 5.46 Mb
WorkSHIFTS is a program of the Tobacco Law Center, working with the labor community in Minnesota to provide education, training, and technical assistance to Minnesota workers and labor management about the health risks and economic consequences of tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke in the workplace.
WorkSHIFTS key activities include:
