HR Dilemma: Should staff be given time off work to quit smoking?

Employers should consider allowing staff to use e-cigarettes instead of traditional tobacco-based products, a public health official has said.

At a recent meeting of the Nottingham City Health and Wellbeing Board, 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.