Should staff be given time off work to quit smoking?

At a recent meeting of the Nottingham City Health and Wellbeing Board, issues around smoking and how it is integrated into the workplace were raised.

John Wilcox, insight specialist at Nottingham City Council, explained that there is a major difference between allowing staff to smoke cigarettes at work and allowing them to inhale e-cigarettes. Nottingham Post reports that Wilcox said “it is important that organisations take time to consider those differences and how they relate to the health of their employees".