Smoking Cessation: Institutional level

Across the country there are new ways being created to help enforce the need of smoking cessation.  A new program that is being adopted by many institutions is a money incentive program.  Corporate companies and other business are adopting money incentive programs to have more of their employees stop smoking.  It has been shown that companies lose money from their employees that smoke.  Employees that smoke take more sick days and more breaks then a non smoker.  There is also a loss of productivity for these companies because the health of their employees is compromised. (Nayab, 2010).  Companies are now offering incentives for any of their employees that quit smoking.  These incentives are in the form of cash, gift certificates, benefit enhancements and more.  “World Bank found money might be the most powerful tool to help smokers quit.” (Nayab, 2010)



The American Lung Association has been around for more than 100 years and has been one of the most well known advocates for healthy lungs and healthy air.  The American Lung Association is a great tool for people looking to quit smoking.  Their website offers services to aid smokers in the process.  They even offer different programs for adult and teen smokers. The adult program that is offered is “Freedom from Smoking,” and the teen program that is offered is the “NOT” program, “Not-on-Tobacco.”  This institution is completely dedicated to improving the health of the people and helping in any possible way. (http://www.lungusa.org/)

Freedom from Smoking

Not-on-Tobacco