Drugs, alcohol and tobacco: a toolkit for employers

This is part of a suite of eight interconnected toolkits, produced by Business in the Community and Public Health England, to help every organisation support the mental and physical health and wellbeing of its employees. Each addresses a different aspect of workplace wellbeing, with a common thread of mental health running through them all. They’re freely available and designed to be relevant to employers across all sectors.

The full suite consists of:

1. Mental health toolkit for employers
2. Reducing the risk of suicide: a toolkit for employers
3. Crisis management in the event of a suicide: a postvention toolkit for employers”
4. Sleep and recovery: a toolkit for employers
5. Physical activity, healthy eating and healthier weight: a toolkit for employers
6. Drugs, alcohol and tobacco: a toolkit for employers
7. Musculoskeletal health in the workplace: a toolkit for employers
8. Domestic abuse: a toolkit for employers

This one is designed to help organisations to support employees in making healthier choices concerning alcohol, drugs and tobacco. It explains the legal context that will inform your approach, explores the connections between people’s use of these substances and mental health, and shows and how to monitor and evaluate the impact of your approach. It’s divided into sections on different topics with built-in navigation and links between them, so you can follow it step by step or go straight to the sections you want to know more about.

You can also download a self-assessment toolkit, in Excel spreadsheet format, to gauge your organisation’s progress in implementing the measures recommended across several of the Business in the Community / Public Health England toolkits.