When an employee is injured at work they may qualify for Workers Compensation. In some states workers compensation commissioners have granted compensation if secondhand smoke exposure injured the employee while at work. But the standards may be high. Typically, the injury must be caused by regular and long-standing exposure to secondhand smoke, and the employee must have attempted to avoid smoke from other sources while not at work. If this occurs the commissioner may grant an employee past and future medical expenses and temporary disability benefits.