Blog 4 Key Facts about Smoking and Alcohol 09/05/2023 Jon Ebbert, MD, Jon O. Ebbert, MD, Medical Director, Nicotine Dependence Center, Mayo Clinic Here's how alcohol makes quitting tobacco tougher. Continue Reading
Papers & Tip Sheets Health Plan Buyer’s Guide to Nicotine Cessation Programs You know you need a better solution that members will actually use. But you may not know how to evaluate nicotine cessation programs to ensure better engagement—and better outcomes. This guide can help. Download
Blog The Startling Connection Between Smoking and Hearing Loss 08/21/2023 Jessie Saul, Ph.D., Director, Strategic Insights Can smoking affect an employee’s hearing? Absolutely—and this combination hurts employers more than they realize. Continue Reading
Blog How Bad Are Cigars for You? 08/15/2023 Jessie Saul, Ph.D., Director, Strategic Insights Is being a "weekly cigar" user harmful? See what the evidence says. Continue Reading
Blog Smokeless Tobacco: Just an Issue for Blue-collar Workers? 07/27/2023 Megan Jacobs, MPH, Senior Vice President of Product, Innovations Smokeless tobacco use by employees can hit the bottom line hard. Learn which employees need help and why employers should take a tailored approach to help employees who use chewing tobacco quit. Continue Reading
Blog What Medicaid Health Plans Need to Know about HIV and Smoking 07/18/2023 Amanda Graham Ph.D., Chief Health Officer Nearly half of people with HIV smoke. Here are key facts about how tobacco affects those with HIV, and what that means for health plans. Continue Reading
News Exciting New Partnership to Drive Uptake in Digital Health Using AI 07/06/2023 See how EX Program and Lirio, a behavioral science tech company, are partnering to harness the power of AI to drive even greater reach of our tobacco cessation program to employees and members. View
Blog 1 Way to Improve Employee Mental Health Support You’re Likely Missing 06/26/2023 Jessie Saul, Ph.D., Director, Strategic Insights Mental health resources are an important part of employee wellness—but are you missing this major component? Continue Reading
Manuscript Co-Use of Cigarettes and Cannabis Among People With HIV: Results From a Randomized Controlled Smoking Cessation Trial 2023 Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports This study investigated how changes in cannabis use frequency may influence cigarette cessation among people with HIV smokers. Continue Reading