Smoke-free worksites

Health and wellness have a major impact on the bottom line of a business. Although Illinois' smoke-free laws reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and improve the health of tenants, there are additional cost-saving strategies that will reduce tobacco use of tenants at your propertty.

The Chicago Tobacco Prevention Project provides free, customizable programming for worksites such as: quit readiness workshops; roundtables for human resources staff on how to address smoking with employees; and dissemination of materials highlighting the return on investment associated with efforts to address tobacco use among employees.

• reduced building maintenance costs
  
• reduced risk of fire
  
• reduced harmful exposure to secondhand smoke
  
• sustainable changes that will increase employee productivity and save employers money

Resources

Tobacco-free hospitals
Smoke-free worksite fact sheets

For more information, contact Stacy Ignoffo:
Email Stacy
(312) 628-0205