title: Preventing premature death: tobacco treatment services for employees.
abstract: This article presents a summary of current information concerning the health and financial costs of workplace smoking, with special emphasis on the costs to union workers and multiemployer health and welfare funds. It describes the potential savings from investing in tobacco cessation for workers and members, provides an overview of scientific evidence concerning the efficacy of different approaches to tobacco cessation, including behavioral services and medications, and discusses some of the benefit design and management issues involved in offering tobacco cessation services to employees and members.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Promotion (CHP), Tukwila, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McAfee
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Montanari
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tifft
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zbikowski
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012907:Smoking / Q000401:mortality; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000191:economics*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology