Table 2.

Factors for a winning partnership with the construction industry

Productivity	• A priority for all companies and trades. • Intervention is implemented around employee schedules in order to not interrupt or slow down production. • Sell the idea of how the work deliverables will be improved with fewer workers smoking.
Safety	• Another priority for industry partners. • Health and safety coordinators link smoking to safety for the workers (i.e., how workers smoking affected their non-smoking co-workers, leaving a worker alone while they took a smoke break, or discussing the effects of secondhand smoke on others). • PH staff adhered to safety rules on site (i.e., safety clothing when on site, even for the short meetings; work in designated areas only, no wandering on construction sites).
Flexibility	• Multiple layers of subcontractors all with competing priorities need to be informed. • Each company comes with a different perspective and culture regarding tobacco use, and not all were receptive. • Different culture exists on each site depending on demands, schedules and timelines, and philosophy of the general contractor.