Introduction to Workplaces
This information
will guide you in your effort to eliminate smoking in your
community’s enclosed workplaces, except restaurants and bars.
(Information on restaurants and bars will be posted soon in its own
section.) Many of the same steps apply in addressing all of these
settings.
In moving to eliminate
secondhand smoke in workplaces, you may want to focus on workplaces
alone or to also include restaurants, bars, schools, other public places,
or all of these. The readiness of your community should determine which
sites are targeted. Approaches to assessing community readiness are described
in this section, and the public places section of Taking Action
Against Secondhand Smoke: An Online Toolkit.
Enclosed workplaces
include
Eliminating
secondhand smoke in workplaces can be achieved by government policies or
by voluntary policies adopted by individual workplaces. Government policies
are favored because they address all workplaces within the jurisdiction.
The strongest government policies typically originate at the local
level.
Visit
Action Steps to get started on
establishing a state or local clean air policy for workplaces in your
community. You also have Tools,
Best Practices, and a long list
of additional Resources to help you clean your community’s
workplaces of secondhand smoke.
Visit Employer(s) for ways employers can enact policies to eliminate
secondhand smoke in their workplaces. Advocates can use this section to help employers develop effective polices.
Visit
Employees for ways employees can take action to help eliminate
secondhand smoke in their workplaces.
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