New NIOSH report recommends all workplaces be tobacco free
Recommendations include exposures to e-cigarettes
A new report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that all workplaces become tobacco-free and that employers make tobacco cessation programs available to workers. These latest recommendations, which also encompass the use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)—or e-cigarettes—are aimed at protecting workers from the occupational hazards of tobacco and the effects of secondhand exposure to tobacco smoke and emissions from e-cigarettes.
NIOSH's recommendations, which were issued in a technical document called a Current Intelligence Bulletin (CIB), build upon previous recommendations regarding tobacco use in the workplace and incorporate public review and comment on an earlier draft document. The report is aimed at preventing occupational injury and illness related to tobacco use, while also improving the general health and well-being of workers.