News- Times of India
April 10 2007
Lucknow.
Smokescreen at work: No ifs about this butt !
This ones for the smoking Joes. Did anybody tell them they need to cap those chimneys before their reputations ( and the appraisals at the workplace) go up in smoke? According to a study by the free university of Amsterdam.
Smokers are more likely to fall ill take extra days off work. In yet another article by San Diego State University researcher Tarry Conway State. ‘Cigarette smoke might simply be a marker for other underlying factors such as non conformity and high risk-taking that contribute to proper performance’. Improbable as it sounds, the facts remains.
That the butt ain’t mightier than butter- which is why we work in the first place remember? Any wonder then doctors and corporate alike think that this couraging smoking at the work place is a good idea? A fact that is corroborated by Dr. Anita Singh, learning manager of a well-known IT firm as she talks about how smoking is actively discouraged in her company. “No employ is allowed to smoke with in the office which in itself acts as a deterrent, because getting up to go out for a fag every now and then is not a very comfortable idea. Not only that, we also organize anti smoking awareness sessions from time to time.” Singh informs other IT company too have been know to take such healthy initiatives to keep the smoke at bay.
It’s a strategy worth considering opines Professor Ramakant former Chief Medical Superintendent, KGMU and is well- known for his anti tobacco lobbying. “ There are several studies to corroborate these facts. Smoking is known to cause excitability, irritability, errors in judgments and problems in decision-making which naturally hamper work,” Ramakant explains. An impediment which has led him to negotiate with the Ministers of Health and Family Welfare, Anbumani Ramados, to empower heads of department in various organizations, including restaurant, to reserve the right to allow their employees and visitors smoke and though medicos like Dr. ID Sharm, head, department of Surgical Oncology, KGMU think “ that one can not force a law onto any corporate house” nevertheless agree that “ smoking as such during is bad.” But sharma doesn’t fail to point out that, not allowing a regular smoke to take his days nicotine intake may lead to poorer performance at work for they are too addicted cigarettes to be able to function without them.”
And psychologist Dr. Sanjay Chugh is wont to believe that “there is no way to suggest that every individual who smokes would perform incompetently at work” clinical psychologist Dr Anjali
Chabbaria hardly conforms to his views. “ Compared to non smokers tend to be less disciplined, have psychological issues and are totally dependent on their addiction.
It’s a strategy worth considering opines Professor Ramakant former Chief Medical Superintendent, KGMU and is well- known for his anti tobacco lobbying. “ There are several studies to corroborate these facts. Smoking is known to cause excitability, irritability, errors in judgments and problems in decision-making which naturally hamper work,” Ramakant explains. An impediment which has led him to negotiate with the Ministers of Health and Family Welfare, Anbumani Ramados, to empower heads of department in various organizations, including restaurant, to reserve the right to allow their employees and visitors smoke and though medicos like Dr. ID Sharm, head, department of Surgical Oncology, KGMU think “ that one can not force a law onto any corporate house” nevertheless agree that “ smoking as such during is bad.” But sharma doesn’t fail to point out that, not allowing a regular smoke to take his days nicotine intake may lead to poorer performance at work for they are too addicted cigarettes to be able to function without them.”
And psychologist Dr. Sanjay Chugh is wont to believe that “there is no way to suggest that every individual who smokes would perform incompetently at work” clinical psychologist Dr Anjali
Chabbaria hardly conforms to his views. “ Compared to non smokers tend to be less disciplined, have psychological issues and are totally dependent on their addiction.
Discouraging smoking at the work- place therefore is a really good idea,” Chabbria opines. Time to win the ciggies? It could work wonders!
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