Posted By Graham Fox. In my capacity as Safety Representative in my company I have been asked to help formulate a No Smoking Policy. I have read various literature on the subject, guidance notes e.t.c and realise that it is not as straightforward as first imagined. Has anyone had experience of writing a policy and if so how are the sections supposed to be laid out. Is it like a Safety Policy, organisation, arrangements, e.t.c. or something much simpler? I would be grateful of any help on the matter. Thanks, Graham Fox.

Posted By Sheila Dover In my role as health and safety co-ordinator at a newspaper in Halifax,Nova Scotia , my first encounter with problems from employees in the workplace came up at our health and safety committee meeting - the committee decided that we should have designated smoking areas on each floor - but first we would have to do a survey to see how staff felt about this - when we got the results back - it was clear the majority wanted no smoking - we then sent a memo to management recommending that they should develop a smoking policy - this took about six months to come about - we had some problems with unions - however, the health implications for those staff who did not smoke were pretty clear, so it went ahead - the policy was very simple - No Smoking except in Designated smoking areas of the building

Posted By Roy Macpherson Graham Sound advice from many people there, I would also suggest that you make a concentrated effort to poll the smokers who are going to be affected by the policy for suggestions, many are reasonable people who willingly make adjustments to reduce the impact of their smoking on others and they will give you helpful input, this will ensure that a fair and amicable resolution to any problems that you are encountering! I speak as a smoking victim of rabid anti-smoking policies who wasnt given a chance to be constructive and pro-active!!