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Increasing the uptake of smoking cessation in routine and manual workers

Increasing the uptake of smoking cessation in routine and manual workers. Elen de Lacy, ASH Wales. Routine and Manual workers. ~30% smoking rates in Wales 13% for Managerial professions in Wales Increasing inequality between these 2 groups

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Increasing the uptake of smoking cessation in routine and manual workers

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  1. Increasing the uptake of smoking cessation in routine and manual workers Elen de Lacy, ASH Wales

  2. Routine and Manual workers • ~30% smoking rates in Wales • 13% for Managerial professions in Wales • Increasing inequality between these 2 groups • Smoking throughout pregnancy more common in R&M workers (24%) • 25% of children in Wales living in a R&M household where an adult smokes at home • All figures from Tobacco and Health in Wales (2012). All figures from 2010.

  3. How do we engage smokers in the workplace? Identify businesses employing high levels of R&M workers Target workplaces employing >50 staff Find named HR/Employer health leads within workplaces Promote the importance of workplace cessation - letters, information etc Follow-up workplaces

  4. Incentives • Go into businesses and talk to them • Show cost-savings from supporting staff • Offer on-site support to staff (in groups) • Businesses who were not ready to engage immediately followed up

  5. High-levels results from the NE • Previous year (2009/10) 13,225 quit dates set (QDS) by R&M workers (23.6% of all QDS) • Following workplace project: 15,580 QDS by R&M workers (26.6% QDS) Rise of 18% QDS by target group

  6. What is best practice? • To offer on-site group support in workplaces • SSS in England achieve higher quit rates through this route

  7. 1) How should we be targeting this group in Wales? 2) Where is the most appropriate place to engage with them? 3) What is the most appropriate support to offer this group? 4) How can we take this work forward in Wales?

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