Resources for Workplaces 

​Smokefree workplaces are good for health and business. While the number of workers who smoke tobacco or who are exposed to secondhand smoke in the workplace has declined over the past several decades, many workers remain susceptible to the harms of tobacco smoking.

The use of emerging tobacco products, including hookah and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) or e-cigarettes, has increased in recent years. Despite the increased use of e-cigarettes and marketing of these products, little is known about long term health effects.

Smokefree workplace policies not only protect workers from the health dangers of secondhand smoke, but they result in a more efficient work environment. Going smokefree in the workplace will also:

• Lower cleaning and maintenance expenses (carpets, drapes, ducts, paintwork)
• Lower insurance premiums (fire, medical, worker comp, liability)
• Lower labor costs
  
  

The Smoke Free Illinois Act prohibits smoking and tobacco use in the workplace.

Data sources:

1. CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/tobacco/default.html
2.  American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation: https://no-smoke.org/at-risk-places/workplaces/

Tobacco Use Intervention Resources for Workplaces

• The Centers for Disease Control workplace tobacco use cessation intervention resources
• The Centers for Disease Control and The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) smoking, e-cigarettes/vapes, smokeless tobacco
• Tobacco in the Workplace, Reports from the Surgeon General
• The American Cancer Society strategies for promoting and implementing a smoke-free workplace
• National Institute of Health National Library of Medicine, “Smoker-Free Workplace Policies: Developing a Model of Public Health Consequences of Workplace Policies Barring Employment to Smokers"
  
  
  

​Sample Workplace Policies

• American Lung Association Sample Tobacco-Free Workplace Policy
• American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation Model Policy for a Smokefree Workplace
  
  

​Smoking Cessation Resources for Employees

• Illinois Tobacco Quitline - free cessation counseling and nicotine replacement products
• CDC Tips from Former Smokers Online Tools and Quit Guide
  
  
  

Kane County Tobacco Control and Prevention Free Resources

• Assistance in amending workplace policies to include anti-smoking and vaping language
• No Smoking window clings as required by the Smoke Free Illinois Act
• Contact us at: kanequits@kanecountyil.gov​​