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[citation needed] In states without smoker protection laws some employers have begun refusing to hire new employees who smoke. [1] While many of these employers are using the honor system to enforce these policies, a few of them are requiring that employees be tested for nicotine.
Sedalia, September 1, 2013, banned in most enclosed workplaces, including most areas of bars and restaurants, as well as city parks and outdoor recreation areas, by a city council vote of 6–2 on June 17, 2013; exempts 50% of undefined "patio area" space in any bar or restaurant, private clubs, small workplaces (those with one employee), work ...
Seth Ptasiewicz, an attorney for casino workers who want to keep the current smoking policy, said steep economic declines have followed the imposition of smoking bans in several places, including ...
The Indoor Clean Air Act was passed by the Oregon state legislature in 1981. [2] In order to protect non-smokers from second-hand smoke, [3] the law prohibited smoking, except in designated smoking areas, in public "confined" areas, which it defined as retail stores, banks, grocery stores, meeting rooms, and commercial establishments, but excluding such areas as cocktail lounges, offices ...
“I have a wife and a son who I want to be with for a very long time,” Joseph Hafley, casino employee, said. “Getting rid of secondhand smoke in casinos would do that.” Casino employees ...
When Shelley Peebles found a dental hygienist job in Austin, she was thrilled. Her hours had been reduced at the company where she worked in New Braunfels, Tex., and she needed a full-time job to ...
Since November 2019, Slovakia is the last EU country to still allow smoking in bars and clubs. Smoking is prohibited in most indoor places. Since 2004, employers have been obliged to provide separate smoking rooms or a designated outdoor smoking place if smoking is allowed at work. Smoking is also prohibited in the majority of indoor public places.
A 1992 document from Phillip Morris summarised the tobacco industry's concern about the effects of smoking bans: "Total prohibition of smoking in the workplace strongly effects tobacco industry volume. Smokers facing these restrictions consume 11%–15% less than average and quit at a rate that is 84% higher than average."