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Smoke-Free Restaurants |
To download and read the ANSR publications on this page, you will have to have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here to get it . Putting a Workplace Smoking Policy in Place: A Guide for Employers. Changes to the rules for the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act go into effect on September 23, 2003. The new rules require employers to eliminate smoking indoors or meet certain expensive engineering requirements. This guide helps employers establish a policy that agrees with the culture of the organization, meets the requirements of the law, and avoids common pitfalls Questions and Answers about Policies Regulating Smoking in Minnesota Workplaces. Must we provide an indoor smoking area? Can we ban smoking in private offices in our company? Should we ban smoking on our grounds? This guide answers these and other questions employers frequently ask. Smoke-Free Policies Reduce Consumption: That's Why the Tobacco Industry Doesn't Like Them. Smoke-free workplaces not only eliminate the health risks of exposure to secondhand smoke but also encourage employees to reduce their smoking or quit altogether. This is a summary of the research. Secondhand Smoke: Who’s Exposed to It in the Workplace. This summary of research shows that workplace exposure to secondhand smoke very much depends on the type of work one does.
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