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The article presents a study on workplace social capital if it cushions the relationship between job stress and smoking. It states that interviewer-administered questionnaires were conducted to 1,740 employees and 288 managers in 26 manufacturing firms while multilevel logistic regression was utilized to estimate the connection between job stressors and smoking. It was found out that social capital can alter the effects of psychosocial working conditions on health behaviors of these employees.

The article explores a multiple method approach to assess health-related productivity loss (HRPL) for certain types of occupations such as knowledge workers or managerial posts in the U.S. It tackles the significance of measuring HARP and offers an overview of the available tools for measuring HRPL. Implications of the new methodology for measuring HRPL, including increased costs and the balance between increased accuracy, are also discussed.

Presents information on a study which examined whether continuous employment at a smokefree worksite was associated with higher rates of cessation. Relationship between policy experience and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) at work; Effect of worksite policy on reports of ETS exposure and availability of smoking areas; Methodology of the study; Results and discussion.