Usg's Well-Being Policy Regarding Tobacco Product Use: A Proposal for Changing from Opt-Out to Opt-In

Autor/inn/en	Ariail, Donald L.; Quosigk, Benedikt L.
Titel	Usg's Well-Being Policy Regarding Tobacco Product Use: A Proposal for Changing from Opt-Out to Opt-In
Quelle	In: Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, 37 (2021) 1, S.80-101, Artikel 5 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2330-7269
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Health Promotion; Incentives; Smoking; Higher Education; Employees; Health Behavior; Health Insurance; Incidence; School Policy; Program Effectiveness; Fees; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Geographic Regions; Educational Attainment; Individual Characteristics; College Faculty; Institutional Characteristics; Teacher Salaries; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Anreiz; Rauchen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Krankenversicherung; Vorkommen; Schulpolitik; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Fakultät; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung
Abstract	The University System of Georgia (USG) has a state-wide initiative aimed at increasing the well-being of faculty and staff by incentivizing a decrease in tobacco product usage by employees covered by a USG healthcare plan. This incentive is positive in that aid in stopping tobacco product usage is offered to each member; and negative in that each member who is a tobacco product user is penalized. A healthcare surcharge is added to the monthly health insurance premium paid by each faculty/staff member for themselves and covered dependents over 18 years of age who are tobacco product users. The current policy considers covered employees and their applicable dependents to be users of tobacco products unless they annually opt-out. This paper includes summaries of the incidence of cigarette and tobacco product usage in the U.S., a summary of USG's policies related to the current tobacco initiative, a brief literature review regarding opt-in and opt-out programs, and a discussion of the possible negative impact of the current USG tobacco use policy. Support is provided for the present tobacco surcharge penalty being either eliminated or its implementation changed, and for the current opt-out default being changed to an opt-in program. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. Digital Commons Office, Zach S. Henderson Library, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30458. e-mail: digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu; Web site: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gcpa/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01