October 2013 Tobacco: There is Help to Quit We have all heard (or experienced) that quitting tobacco is hard. According to the CDC, 68.8% report that they want to quit completely, and millions have attempted to quit. That’s a lot of people out there who want to quit tobacco!
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In This Issue Tobacco: There is Help to Quit Introducing Our New Program: Kick It Together Company Highlight: Truth Hardware
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The good news is quitting can significantly reduce the risk of suffering from smokingrelated diseases. Tobacco/nicotine dependence is a chronic condition that often requires repeated quit attempts, but effective treatments and helpful resources exist. Smokers can and do quit smoking. In fact, today there are more former smokers than current smokers. Below are ways that tobacco users have been successful in quitting. The majority of cigarette smokers quit without using evidence-based cessation treatments. However, the following treatments are proven effective for tobacco users who want help to quit: • Working with your health care provider • Counseling: individual, group, telephone counseling and/or online smoking cessation programs • Behavioral cessation therapies: training in problem solving or stress management Cessation medications found to be effective for treating tobacco dependence include the following: • Nicotine replacement products - Over-the-counter: nicotine patch, gum, lozenge - Prescription: nicotine inhaler, nasal spray • Prescription non-nicotine medications: Zyban® and Chantix® The combination of medication and counseling is more effective for smoking cessation than either medication or counseling alone. Let’s make sure employees today know there are resources available through health insurance plans and worksite health promotion programs. Everybody wins!
Introducing Our New Program: Kick It Together Kick It Together is a five-week program designed for smokers and chewers who are ready to make a quit attempt. Participants meet weekly in a group support setting led by a facilitator. The goal of this program is to help individuals kick their tobacco habit and stay quit for good. As part of the program, participants will identify why they use tobacco, learn about medications that can help, create strategies to combat cravings and customize a personal Quit Day Plan. Program Goals • Engage participants who are ready to make a quit attempt during the program. • Build a supportive environment for behavior change. • Provide information on coping strategies, withdrawal, Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), sources for support and additional resources. Kick It Together can be purchased and implemented in one of two ways: On-Site Program or Packaged Toolkit.
Company Highlight: Truth Hardware Truth Hardware is located in Owatonna, Minnesota. Since 1955, Truth designs and manufactures window and door hardware. Tobacco use among Truth employees was estimated at around 40 percent. Except for one outdoor designated area at each location, the Truth campuses went tobacco-free in May 2010. After considering the decision to implement a surcharge for employees who smoke, Truth contacted HealthSource Solutions to provide an onsite tobacco cessation program. Truth offered a total of 4 tobacco cessation programs from 2011 - 2012 to Truth employees. Program participants felt that the classes provided the information and support they needed. They were enthusiastic and ready to quit! Keys to Success The program was well received. According to the HR team and Committee spokesperson, the key factors that contributed to its success were: • Support from upper management. • Ensuring the program was company sponsored allowed for time off to participate. • Incentive of paying $75 per month less on health care premiums. • Truth’s comprehensive wellness approach. • Establishing a committee driven by employees rather than by Human Resources. • Seizing opportunities to promote wellness, such as Health Fairs where the Committee had its own booth, gaining visibility and recruiting new members.
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