hi i was wondering if it is legal for a business to allow smoking in a enclosed building? I am a employee at a business that allows this to happen. I am not a smoker and everyone else at this business smokes. thanks

Employers are suppose to post where the designated smoking areas are. I suggest you speak to your human resources department to establish such a policy

hi i was wondering if it is legal for a business to allow smoking in a enclosed building? I am a employee at a business that allows this to happen. I am not a smoker and everyone else at this business smokes. thanks

You can contact your state attorney general. Smoking shouldn't be allowed in certain areas but your companyt should enforce it.

The State of California prohibits smoking in all public buildings and other enclosed areas of employment.

Karen

Check with your personnel department for their policy on smoking. THere are some businesses which are immune to the "no smoke" work place and the include:
*Gaming clubs, bars and taverns

* Small Businesses (with five or fewer employees), when all four of the following criteria are met: (1) the smoking area is not accessible to minors; (2) no employees are required to work in the smoking area against their will; (3) the air from the smoking area is vented directly to the outside of the building; and (4) the employer complies with all applicable state and federal ventilation standards.
* Sixty-five percent of hotel and motel guest rooms.
* Designated portions of hotel and motel lobbies. Smoking areas will be allowed in designated lobby areas that do not exceed 50 percent of floor space of lobbies that are 2,000 square feet or less. In lobbies larger than 2000 square feet, the smoking area can cover up to 25 percent of the entire lobby space.
* Meeting and banquet rooms in hotels, motels, restaurants or convention centers, except when used for exhibit purposes or when food and beverage functions are being conducted. During these times, smoking may be permitted in corridors and pre-function areas near the meeting or banquet room if no employee is stationed there.
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* Truck cabs or tractors, when a nonsmoking employee is not present.
* Private residences, except when used as a licensed child-care facility.
* Other exemptions: on theatrical production sites, if critical to the production; in medical research or treatment sites, if necessary for research; and in patient smoking areas of long-term health care facilities.

Again, check with your Employee Personnel Dept. for specifics on their smoking policy, as stated in earlier, some states such as California prohibit smoking in enclosed places of business.