A series of No-Smoking Day events were held across the country last month by employers keen to encourage their staff to quit the habit and to embrace a healthy lifestyle.
QVC, the television shopping channel, set up a stall manned by representatives from Quit, the no-smoking charity, at its London office so that staff could drop by and learn more about the dangers of smoking. Quit provided smokers with personalised stop-smoking plans and also offered them the chance to have their carbon monoxide levels monitored.
Catherine Hawkins, HR officer at QVC, said: "These days, it is popular to promote health and wellbeing, and we ran the no-smoking day alongside a healthy-eating campaign in our cafeteria."
Quit also visited Pfizer UK´s head office and handed out literature on ways to stop smoking. Representatives also spoke to employees about the benefits available at Pfizer to help them quit the habit. These include a telephone counselling service and on-site employee smoking cessation group.
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http://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/item/4204/23/5/3 |
