Clear the Air: Smoking Cessation Program
Smoking cessation can help improve your employees’ health, increase workplace productivity, and control health care costs. Whether you have 25 or 2,000 employees, you can take advantage of this statewide smoking cessation program from the Collaboration for Cessation Change.
Organized by the Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Agency, the Indiana departments of Health & Insurance, Pfizer and others, this public-private initiative is designed to help Indiana employers discourage and reduce employee tobacco use. The program extends beyond employees to assist spouses and dependants as well.
Did you Know? The CDC estimates that an individual smoker costs his/her employer $3,391 per year in direct medical costs and lost productivity.
Sign-up for a Smoking Cessation Program to receive:
- An employer toolkit to help your employees “Beat the Park”
- Discount coupons for Chantix, a pharmaceutical drug that has been used to help people quit using tobacco (while supplies last)
- Employee access to the Indiana Tobacco Quitline and other resources as part of a wellness benefits package (e.g. tobacco cessation coaching sessions with a trained “Quit Coach”)
Gregory & Appel’s employee benefits specialists can help you develop and implement a smoking cessation program that's right for your company. Contact us to schedule a free session.
Sheri Alexander serves as Senior Vice President and Employee Benefits Division Manager of Gregory & Appel. She has 32 years of experience in the employee benefits consulting and brokerage field. Sheri primarily serves clients in the fields of healthcare (hospitals, retirement communities and physician groups), higher education (colleges and universities) and manufacturing.
Sheri has considerable experience with mergers and acquisitions in both healthcare and manufacturing and has represented Taft-Hartley employers at the bargaining table. In addition to her extensive experience with traditional employee benefits plans, Sheri has expertise in direct-contracting, managed care organizations, provider excess risk placements, group captives, voluntary benefits, and outsourced benefits administration.
Sheri is an active member of the Board of Directors of Little Red Door Cancer Agency, Cancer Support Community of Central Indiana, and Gregory & Appel. She currently sits on the Advisory Councils of Anthem and United Healthcare. Sheri is a longstanding member of the local and national CEBS (Certified Employee Benefits Specialist) chapters, the State and National Associations of Health Underwriters, Executive Women in Healthcare, the Indiana Society of Healthcare Human Resources Administration, and NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners). Sheri was named to the Indianapolis Business Journal’s list of “Who’s Who in Healthcare & Benefits” in 2011.
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