SMOKEFREE WORKPLACES

Learn about where the fight for smokefree workplaces stands, and what work still needs to be done.

Smoke Free Public Health and Workplace Safety Act
In 2005, the Smoke Free Public Health and Workplace Safety Act banned smoking in most enclosed public spaces, including private businesses. In July 2018, the act was updated. It continues to cover many private businesses, such as the inside of college campuses, grocery stores, and other retail establishments and now prevents the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems such as e-cigarettes. 

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ANR Smokefree Casino Resources
Casinos and other gaming venues are often exempt from smokefree workplace laws, subjecting thousands of service industry workers and patrons to harmful secondhand smoke. Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights offers information and resources to support the effort to make these workplaces smokefree, including model policies, an implementation toolkit, facts sheets, and much more.

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CDC Smokefree Casino Policy Brief
The Centers for Disease Control have compiled a handy policy brief on making casinos smokefree.

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Smokefree Colleges & Universities
Since 2010, the number of smokefree colleges and universities has grown from less than 450 to more than 1,700. This work still continues here in Rhode Island, where only one university has made its entire campus smokefree. Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights provides model policies, toolkits, facts sheets, and more to support this work.

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