> **KMI** 1216.1

National Aeronautics and **REVISION** E\
Space Administration **DATE** June 30, 2000

**John F. Kennedy Space Center EXPIRES** June 30, 2004

# MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTION

**RESPONSIBLE OFFICE:** \*AA-A/Deputy Director

**SUBJECT:** [SMOKE-FREE WORKPLACE]{.underline}

1.  [PURPOSE]{.underline}

    This Instruction establishes policy regarding smoking in the
    workplace and assigns responsibilities for implementation.

2\. [APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE]{.underline}

This Instruction is applicable to Government-owned or operated
facilities and vehicles for which NASA/KSC has management
responsibility. It applies to all NASA/KSC employees, associated
contractor and tenant employees, and visitors.

\*3. [AUTHORITY]{.underline}

> a\. EXECUTIVE ORDER 13058, 'Protecting Federal Employees and the
> Public from Exposure to Tobacco Smoke in the Federal Workplace'.
>
> b\. General Services Administration (GSA) 41 CFR Part 101-39 General
> Services Administration (GSA) Interagency Fleet Management System
> (FEDERAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS Amendment G-103).

4\. [POLICY]{.underline}

> \*a. Smoking is prohibited inside all interior space owned, rented, or
> leased by NASA/KSC, in any outdoor areas under NASA/KSC control in
> front of air intake ducts, and in KSC leased GSA vehicles.
>
> \*b. Smoking is conditionally permitted in outdoor areas where smoking
> is not prohibited to ensure personnel and operational safety or for
> fire prevention.
>
> \*c. 1) For multi-entry facilities, the facility manager shall
> designate one or more entries as non-smoking so long as the designated
> non-smoking entries do not exceed 50% of all entries. To the extent
> smoking entry areas are permitted, the facility manager shall make
> every effort to place these entries in areas around the structure to
> minimize the impact on smokers.
>
> 2\) For single entry facilities, smoking is prohibited if such entry
> is in front of air intake ducts in accordance with paragraph 4.a.
> Smoking may also be prohibited, at the discretion of the facility
> manager, if the entryway does not have an overhead/overhang to protect
> employees from the elements. Smoking is permitted when the single
> entry has an overhead/overhang; however, the facility manager may
> withdraw the permitted smoking area if a structure providing similar
> protection from the elements is located within a reasonable distance.

\*5. [RESPONSIBILITIES]{.underline}

> a\. The Director of Spaceport Services is responsible for

1.  Coordinating smoking cessation programs.

2.  Determining where smoking in outdoor areas will be prohibited to
    ensure personnel and operational safety.

3.  Determining where smoking in outdoor areas will be

> prohibited for fire prevention.
>
> b\. The Exchange is responsible for stocking and selling smoking
> cessation aids as agreed to in consultation with the Occupational
> Health Branch of Spaceport Services.
>
> c\. The heads of primary organizations are responsible for the general
> enforcement of this policy in those areas of their management or
> control.
>
> d\. Facility managers are responsible for:

1.  Posting suitable signs at or near entrances to buildings and
    facilities indicating that smoking is prohibited inside.

2.  Posting designated no-smoking areas outside buildings and
    facilities, if necessary, to ensure personnel and operational safety
    or fire prevention.

3.  Identifying and posting building entrances where smoking is
    prohibited.

6\. SUPERSESSION

This Instruction supersedes KMI 1216.1D.

> Roy D. Bridges, Jr.
>
> Director

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