Tobacco-Free Living

Project Health Handbook
The Project Health Handbook provides the employer with topic-specific background information to help make a business case for workplace wellness planning and programming, including suggested workplace wellness goals and topic specific comprehensive workplace health promotion strategies. Click here to access the handbbook.

Services
Project Health offers a variety of services to workplaces on specific health-related topics (see the Project Health Topics section of the website for specific topic areas):

Resources
Project Health offers a variety of resources on each of our health promotion topics (see the Project Health Topics section of the website for specific topic areas):

Helpful Links
0 Analysis of the Yong Adult Ontario Workforce (The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit)
1 Canadian Cancer Society (Smoking and tobacco)
1 Cancer Care Ontario (Tobacco)
0 Cessation - Healthy Workplace Helping Your Employees Become Smoke-Free (Region of Waterlo Public Health)
1 Cessation Resources (Region of Waterloo Public Health Quitting Smoking)
0 Comprehensive guide (York Region Public Health - Good Business… Better Health: A comprehensive guide for smoke-free workplaces)
0 Employers’ Smoking Cessation Guide (Professional Assisted Cessation Therapy)
1 Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Workplace Policy (Canadian Centre for Occupation Health and Safety)
1 General (Health Canada -Pre and Postnatal Smoking Issues)
1 Health Canada (Tobacco)
1 Legislation (Ministry of Health Promotion - How the Smoke-Free Ontario Act Affects Employers and Employees Fact Sheet)
1 Lung Health (Ontario Lung Association)
1 National Non Smoking Week (Canadian Council for Tobacco Control)
1 Program Training and Consultation Centre (Tobacco)
1 Quitting and Pregnancy (Health Canada)
0 Report: Tobacco Use and Its Consequences in Waterloo Region (Region of Waterloo Public Health, June 2009)
1 Smoke-Free Ontario Act (Ministry of Health Promotion)
1 Smoker's Helpline (Canadian Cancer Society)
1 Smoking (Region of Waterloo Public Health)
1 Smoking and Tobacco (Healthy Canadians)
1 Smoking and Tobacco Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
1 Smoking Cessation and the Workplace: Profile of Tobacco Smokers in Canada (Conference Board of Canada)
1 Smoking cessation for pregnant or postpartum women (Pregnets)
1 Smoking Cessation in the Workplace: A Guide to helping your employees quit smoking (Health Canada)
1 Smoking, heart disease and stroke (Heart and Stroke Foundation)
0 Smoking: If You Quit Will You Gain Weight? (Toronto Public Health)
1 Supportive Environment (Duke Human Resources, USA - Tips for Creating a Quit Friendly Environment)
1 Tobacco Control Policies (Health Canada - Towards a Healthier Workplace: A guidebook on tobacco control policies)