Decreasing Tobacco Use Among Workers
These interventions seek to reduce tobacco use among employees through organizational policies and smoking cessation programs.
Task Force Recommendations & Findings
This table lists interventions reviewed by the Community Guide, with Task Force findings for each (definitions of findings). Click on an underlined intervention title for a summary of the review.
The Task Force also recommends selected interventions that address two or more strategies to reduce tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure.
| Smoke-Free Policies to Reduce Tobacco Use | Recommended June 2005 |
| Incentives & Competitions to Increase Smoking Cessation | |
| Incentives & Competitions When Used Alone | Insufficient Evidence June 2005 |
| Incentives & Competitions When Combined with Additional Interventions | Recommended June 2005 |
Related Task Force Recommendations & Findings
The following intervention is related to worksite health promotion and also can be found on the page for Reducing Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke.
| Smoking Bans & Restrictions | Recommended February 2000 |
Presentations & Promotional Materials
Community Guide In Action: Stories from the Field
Blueprint for Success in Reducing Tobacco Use
[PDF - 489 KB]
An Evidence-Based Approach to Montana's Health Landscape
[PDF - 590 KB]
Investing in Worksite Wellness for Employees
[PDF - 455 KB]
Planning a Strategy: Changing the Way a County Health Department Addresses Health Conditions
[PDF - 591 KB]
Slides & Presentations
Using Evidence for Public Health Decision Making: Assessment of Health Risks with Feedback to Change Employees' Health
[PDF - 307 KB]
Developed by The Community Guide
Public Health Grand Rounds — Preventing 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes by 2017: the Million Hearts Initiative ![]()
Hosted by CDC
What Works – Fact Sheets
What Works: Tobacco Use – bi-fold brochure
[PDF - 877 KB]
What Works: Tobacco Use - Insert
[PDF - 203 KB]
For More on this Topic
A Purchasers' Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
[PDF - 2.08MB] ![]()
CDC, Healthier Worksite Initiative ![]()
CDC, Office on Smoking and Health ![]()
National Business Coalition on Health ![]()
Disclaimer
The findings and conclusions on this page are those of the Community Preventive Services Task Force and do not necessarily represent those of CDC.
Sample Citation
The content of publications of the Guide to Community Preventive Services is in the public domain. Citation as to source, however, is appreciated. Sample citation: Guide to Community Preventive Services. Tobacco use: Decreasing tobacco use among workers www.thecommunityguide.org/tobacco/worksite/index.html. Last updated: MM/DD/YYYY.
- Page last reviewed: February 25, 2013
- Page last updated: February 25, 2013
- Content source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services



