The Prizes: This year participants have the chance to win a Ford Fusion hybrid or a Ford Edge (the winner gets to choose!). There are also two $5000 vacation packages and seven $2000 cash prizes to be won.
How to Enter: Participants must register at www.driventoquit.ca or by calling the Smokers’ Helpline at 1-877-513-5333 before February 29th, and quit smoking for the month of March to be eligible to win.
Participants will need to register with a Quit Buddy, who also has the chance to win a $200 prize.
How to promote Driven to Quit at your workplace:
There are several easy ways you can promote The Driven to Quit Challenge in your workplace between now and February 29, 2012:
- Place brochures in locations such as lunchrooms, cafeterias, lounges or locker rooms.
- Use your intranet to post news about The Challenge and provide a link to www.driventoquit.ca
- Provide information about supportive resources for quitting smoking to employees.
- For resources from Hamilton Public Health Services, visit www.hamilton.ca/tobacco.
- Host a parallel internal workplace contest for your employees to encourage and motivate those making a quit attempt.
For more information on promoting the challenge in your workplace, visit the Quitting at Work webpage.
Why bother to promote Driven to Quit?
- Did you know that workplaces that offer tobacco-free work environments have been shown to be more productive?
- Smokers’ healthcare costs are 40 percent higher than their non-smoking co-workers
- Employees that smoke cost their employers roughly $1,429 more per year compared to their non-smoking co-workers
- Smokers take 2-3 times the amount of sick leave than their co-workers
- Companies and organizations can implement smoking cessation programs to encourage employees to quit smoking, increase productivity, reduce healthcare costs and limit second-hand smoke.
Take part in the annual Driven to Quit Challenge to promote a smoke-free workplace!
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