Protecting Federal Employees and the Public From Exposure to Tobacco Smoke in the Federal Workplace
Headline: Federal Agencies Must Ban Smoking Inside Federal Buildings Nationwide
What it does: Agency heads must ban smoking in interior federal spaces and near air intakes, with limited written exceptions, and implement the policy within one year.
- Prohibits smoking inside most federal buildings and near air intakes.
- Agency heads must notify employees and visitors and change workplace rules.
- Encourages agencies to offer programs to help employees stop smoking.
Summary
This order requires federal agencies to create smoke-free federal workplaces by banning smoking in all interior spaces they own, rent, or lease and in outdoor areas in front of air intake ducts. It affects federal employees and members of the public who visit or use federal facilities, and gives agency heads limited authority to allow narrow, written exceptions and certain enclosed smoking rooms.
Agencies must implement the rules within one year, inform employees and visitors, and are encouraged to offer smoking-cessation programs.
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