§ 1421 - Smoking in the workplace; prohibition
§ 1421. Smoking in the workplace; prohibition
(a) The use of lighted tobacco products is prohibited in any workplace.
(b)(1) For the purposes of this subchapter, "workplace" means an enclosed structure where employees perform services for an employer or, in the case of an employer who assigns employees to departments, divisions, or similar organizational units, the enclosed portion of a structure to which the employee is assigned.
(2) Except for schools, workplace does not include areas commonly open to the public or any portion of a structure that also serves as the employee's or employer's personal residence.
(3) For schools, workplace includes any enclosed location where instruction or other school-sponsored functions are occurring and students are present.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the ability of residents of the Vermont veterans' home to use lighted tobacco products in the indoor area of the facility in which smoking is permitted. (Added 1987, No. 69, § 2, eff. July 1, 1988; amended 1987, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2009, No. 32, § 1.)