Translation of "L'usage du tabac en milieu de travail " (French → English) :

Smoking in the Workplace (Policy) [ Smoking in the Workplace | Public Service Smoking Policy ]

Smoke in the Workplace: An evaluation of Smoking Restrictions

Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, for example, have stated that it believes Bill C-45 will effectively ban smoking in all workplaces, as second-hand smoke is considered a health hazard, and the bill requires employers to take reasonable measures to protect employee safety.

13. Remarks that the "big killers" (e.g. cancer diseases, cardiovascular diseases) and the "big cripplers" (e.g. musculo-skeletal disorders and other work-related chronic diseases, health problems resulting from e.g. unhealthy diets, drug abuse, environmental degradation and reduced physical activity) could be considerably reduced by general intersectoral policies and individual preventive policies and improved measures to address those factors in people's working and living environment which cause disease; stresses, therefore, the importance of developing occupational health care with a view to the prevention and early detection of dis ...[+++]eases and health problems;

83. Stresses that it is the legal duty of all employers to provide their employees with a safe and healthy working environment; notes that the exception in the Bureau's rules allowing smoking in offices results in an unacceptable level of indoor pollution due to tobacco smoke in buildings and corridors containing offices, with a concomitant risk to the health of those buildings' occupants; notes that the Institution's buildings in the three places of work are subject to national health and safety provisions; urges the College of Qu ...[+++]aestors to designate a clearly defined and well ventilated smoking area so as to limit nuisance for non-smokers;

84. Stresses that it is the legal duty of all employers to provide their employees with a safe and healthy working environment; notes that the exception in the Bureau's rules allowing smoking in offices results in an unacceptable level of indoor pollution due to tobacco smoke in buildings and corridors containing offices, with a concomitant risk to the health of those buildings' occupants; notes that the Institution's buildings in the three places of work are subject to national health and safety provisions; urges the College of Qu ...[+++]aestors to designate a clearly defined and well ventilated smoking area so as to limit nuisance for non-smokers;