CE Module: Multicomponent Workplace Tobacco Cessation Interventions: A Scoping Review

This issue of Workplace Health & Safety contains a Continuing Nursing Education Module for 1.0 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit which will be awarded by AAOHN upon successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.

A certificate will be awarded when the following requirements are met by the participant: (1) Participant logs on to the AAOHN LMS website at www.aaohn.org/education/online-learning-center and enrolls in the course ($10 members; $15 non-members); (2) The completed posttest and course evaluation are entered online at http://www.aaohn.org by January 2027; (3) A score of 80 % is achieved by the participant.

Upon completion of this lesson, the occupational health nurse will be able to:

• Identify the importance of tobacco cessation efforts in the workplace.

• Discuss the use of the PRISMA guidelines for scoping reviews.

• Describe the significance of using multicomponent tobacco cessation interventions in the workplace.

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• 1. One of the leading modifiable risk factors for cancer and other chronic diseases is:

• b. History of cancer.

• c. Personal history of smoking.

• d. Family history of smoking.

2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) goals for the reduction in tobacco use include: (Choose all that apply)

a. A reduction of 30% in tobacco use in those aged 15 years or older by 2025.

b. A reduction in tobacco use in those aged 15 years or older by 2027.

c. Designing and implementing tobacco cessation programs in places of work.

d. Punitive measures for those employees who fail to stop smoking.

3. Factors that contribute to smoking in the workplace include:

a. A happy work environment leads to a higher incidence of smoking.

b. Work organizations that are well-staffed lead to more instances of smoking because of the availability of smoking breaks.

c. Employment in a workplace with a lot of stress leads to a higher rate of smoking.

d. The workplace psychosocial environment does not affect the rate of smoking.

4. Successful smoking cessation efforts in the workplace should have the following approach:

a. A multi-level approach that addresses different factors that can lead to smoking.

b. Targeting just the individual, after all the choice to smoke is a very personal one.

c. Family and policy issues should not be addressed at work.

d. Smoking cessation programs in the workplace do not work because people are embarrassed to attend these sessions with their co-workers.

5. One of the important barriers to smoking cessation in women is:

a. The cost of smoking cessation programs.

b. Weight gain.

c. Loss of time from work.

d. Fear of losing their jobs.

6. The objective of the current literature review is to examine the research and see what the effective components of a workplace cessation program include:

a. True.

b. False.

7. The scoping review methodology used by the authors was a PRISMA extension for Scoping Reviews. A scoping review

a. Is a form of knowledge synthesis.

b. Uses a systematic and iterative (repetitive) approach.

c. Is conducted by a team that includes a content expert.

d. All of the above.

8. Eligibility (inclusion) criteria include:

a. Articles that did not report smoking cessation as an outcome.

b. The intervention must involve employees and the interventions must be delivered at least in part in a workplace setting.

c. Tobacco cessation is included as an optional component in a workplace health program.

d. Articles do not have to be full-text.

9. On review of the articles used for the scoping review, the most common smoking cessation intervention used was:

a. Hypnosis and healthy eating.

b. Cessation counseling and motivational interviewing.

c. Motivational interviewing and mental health therapy.

d. Handouts and hypnosis therapy.

10. Occupational health providers should consider the following interventions when considering smoking cessation programs:

a. Context of the workplace.

b. Inter-personal relationships.

c. Tailored, multicomponent approaches.

d. All the above.