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Smoking Policies in the Workplace

Smoking

bans are laws and regulations that prohibit smoking in public places in an

effort to reduce second hand smoke inhalation for non-smoking employees.

Smoking bans can also lower healthcare costs, create a more productive

workplace, lower the cost of labor, reduce risk of fire, improve cleanliness,

reduce energy use (i.e. for decreased ventilation needs), lead to a healthier

workplace environment, and encourage smoking cessation among workers.

Article

1 of the US Constitution does not grant the United States congress the power to

restrict smoking or tobacco use. Therefore, all smoking bans are issued by the

individual state, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

The Occupational Safety

and Health Administration, better known as OSHA, is the agency responsible for

enforcing safety and health legislation in the workplace. OSHA was created in

response to the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970 in order to help

employers provide a safe working environment for their employees. Since OSHA's

establishment, injury and illness rates in the workplace have dropped 60

percent, and occupational deaths have dropped to their lowest annual number

since 1992.

OSHA has a set of

requirements that each employer must follow to comply with smoking legislation.

Employers are required to uphold or adopt the necessary practices in order to

protect workers on the job. They must be well versed and compliant with

standards relevant to their establishment, and

must be clearly displayed in the workplace in states

where a smoking ban is enforced.

In 1975,

Minnesota became the first state to pass a smoking ban, titled the Minnesota

Clean Indoor Air Act. On October 1, 2007, Minnesota passed the Freedom to

Breathe Act, banning smoking in all public places.

Currently, there are 35 states with some form of smoking ban. Each state has

its own laws governing smoking in at least one of the following: restaurants,

bars, and non-hospitality workplaces. Legislation requires

to be posted in these areas to enforce this policy.

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