Some grumbling from employees, but not enough to cause major human resource problems. Plan developed with implementation date of August 1, 1993. Free smoking cessation classes for employees and spouses. Policy prohibits smoking inside all company owned and leased facilities, including buildings and courtyards. Smoking is allowed outdoors on company property except within approximately 100 feet of an outside door.
All sites now adhere to policy.
So many area businesses and municipal governments have instituted bans that it is truly the norm, and in fact, the company was definitely playing catch-up by not doing this until 1993. Members whose workplace is visited by their clients have found that customers entering a smoke-free establishment freely comply. Workers in public establishments such as bars and restaurants are, like other workers, entitled to a healthy smoke-free workplace. Many of these workers are young and may be more vulnerable to upper respiratory effects. Engineering controls must be in place to ensure that building HVAC systems can adequately achieve the appropriate rate of ventilation.