Posted By Mike Fenty You are faced with a difficult and often emotive issue that is not just restricted to your profession or employees. As public awareness of the dangers of passive smoking have increased (and workplace restrictions on smoking staff are enforced) employees are often forced to make a decision between upsetting their smoking colleagues (or patients) or chosing a smoke free environment for the sake of their own health. This must be very difficult if the environment is someone's home (as you describe) rather than a workplace. My company originates from Sweden where strict tobacco smoking legislation has been in place for many years. We specialize in workplace smoking control and reduction. Our objective is a totally smoke free working environment with improved communication between smokers and non-smokers (no segregation) and a measurably improved indoor environment. We already have many UK clients and are about to commence a project with an NHS Trust which will focus on smoking control in secure mental health establishments. Please visit www.smokefreesystems.com for more information.

Posted By Joe Thank you for your comments but you both mention the control of smoke in areas over which employers have some element of control. I am still very interested to hear from anyone who deals with employees working in the community at large!!