Employers

Providing effective tobacco treatment to employees that want to quit is a one-stop-shop with QuitWorks-NH.

Employers should choose health plans that offer comprehensive cessation benefits that meet Affordable Care Act criteria: Counseling, medications and follow up.

Through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employers with 50 or more full time employees or part-time equivalents are required to offer health plan benefits. Go to: https://www.healthcare.gov/small-businesses/learn-more/how-aca-affects-businesses/ to find out more.

NH RSA 155:64-77 The Indoor Smoking Act prohibits smoking in enclosed places of public access. Tobacco smoke does not respect boundaries; therefore the theory of “effective segregation” is not a negotiating point in creating smoke free policy. Smoke free policies are good for business, Americans for Non-Smokers’ Rights offers comprehensive evidence about this and other issues when creating smoke free business environments.

Read how the American Lung Association reviews the details about how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made major changes to the health insurance market and has increased the focus on prevention in healthcare, which includes tobacco cessation.