Employers can play an important role in supporting workers’ efforts to quit or reduce nicotine use, a health issue that contributes to premature deaths and billions of dollars in health-care costs, says a member of the newly-formed Ontario Nicotine Action Table.

“Employers haven’t been traditionally at the centre of [the nicotine discussion], but our action plan makes it clear that workplaces need to be a part of that next phase in order to achieve these very lofty goals that we have,” says Erin Dufour, senior manager and of health promotion and programs at the Lung Health Foundation and author of the ONAT’s action plan.

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The ONAT comprises health-care stakeholders, researchers, policy-makers, and community organizations that have joined forces to align efforts, close gaps and accelerate progress on tobacco and nicotine prevention and cessation. The organization’s efforts are focused........

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