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You’ll be breathing easier in 2009! There are changes in Oregon’s Smokefree Workplace Law (ORS 433.835-870, effective January 1, 2009. The law has expanded the list of indoor workplaces required to be smokefree:

    • All bars and bar areas of restaurants
    • All bingo halls
    • All bowling centers
    • All employee breakrooms
    • At least 75 percent of hotel/motel sleeping rooms


Why is the law important?

Secondhand smoke causes heart disease, lung cancer and poor respiratory health. According to the U.S. Surgeon General, there is no known safe level of secondhand smoke exposure. The Smokefree Workplace Law makes sure all Oregonians can work in a safer and healthier environment. For more information about the law visit: www.healthyoregon.gov.


Do you currently smoke? Are you looking for help quitting?

One option is to contact your health care provider and discuss the various options available to you and decide on what would be the right fit for you.

PEBB Health Plans offer improved tobacco cessation benefits. Faculty and staff with health providers through the Public Employee Benefit Board (PEBB) should know that your medical plan offers Free and Clear - a best-in-class tobacco cessation program - at no cost.
No matter which medical plan you're in, if you use tobacco, you have access to a complete support program to help you quit.

For more information regarding this program, visit the Free and Clear website.



Prescription medications to help you quit

The Free and Clear benefit also covers medications your provider may prescribe to help you quit -- Buproprion (generic form of Wellbutrin) and Chantix. Kaiser copays are $1 for Buproprion and $5 for Chantix. Providence Choice plans have a $0 copay for Buproprion and a $5 copay for Chantix.  The PEBB State wide plan has a $5 copay for either medication.

All PEBB members -- employees and their eligible dependents 18 or older -- have access to the Free and Clear program. Get in touch with Free and Clear now for personalized, professional support every step of the way. Call Toll-free: 1-866-QUIT-4-LIFE (784-8454). Or enroll online



Oregon Tobacco Quit Line

The quit line offers free help and a personalized quit plan...which includes a quit kit and a counseling session.  To get started call the toll free number 1-877-270-7867.  You'll be asked a few questions to find out what your needs are so you can get the right help for you.  You can also get information sent to you in the mail, a counseling session, or a referral to resources in your community.



You can quit -- for your health, your family and your future.