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Employee Smoking 

Today is Weedless Wednesday—when anti-tobacco groups try to get people to give up smoking starting for just one day—and employers should help employees kick the habit, experts say.

The Weedless Wednesday campaign is part of National Non-Smoking Week, an annual campaign designed to get Canadians to stop smoking.

Often workplace smoking bans take effect on Jan. 1—either because of the employer’s choosing or to comply with municipal, provincial, or federal legislation. At the same time, many people make a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking.

Partly because of this, January is often a busy time for counsellors with employee assistance programs (EAPs), says Ceridian LifeWorks Services, a national EAP provider based in Toronto.

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