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CIGNA Employees Go Smoke-Free on Workplace Smoking Cessation Program; Program's Quit Rate Triples That of Typical Smoking Cessation Programs 

CIGNA Corporation's workplace smoking cessation program helped 67 percent of its participants quit smoking after 12 months, a quit rate up to three times higher than comparable smoking cessation programs. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, smoking cessation programs similar to CIGNA's, which combine behavioral counseling and pharmacologic treatment, produce average quit rates of just 20 to 25 percent after one year.

"CIGNA's smoking cessation program is so successful because it is designed to address each participant's unique obstacles to quitting," said Catherine L. Hawkes, assistant vice president of employee health and work/life programs at CIGNA.

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