Tobacco Federal Buildings

fed Build Jul-10-97 05:00P Shirley Desaussure P.02 SMOKING IN THE FEDERAL WORKPLACE Employees of the federal government and members of the public visiting or using federal facilities should be protected from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. The health risks of smoking and exposure to smoke are clearly documented by reports of the Department of Health and Human Services and of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA recently classified environmental tobacco smoke as a Group A (known human) carcinogen. The evidence indicates that smoking is a preventable cause of diseases; exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is a cause of diseases, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers; and the simple separation of smokers and nonsmokers within the same air space does not eliminate the exposure of nonsmokers to environmental tobacco smoke. Accordingly, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the Executive Branch to establish a smoke-free environment for federal employees. The smoking of tobacco products is thus prohibited in all interior space owned, rented or leased by the Executive Branch of the federal government, except as otherwise provided in this order. Section 2. Exceptions. The general policy established by this order is subject to the following exceptions. (a) The order does not apply in designated smoking areas which are enclosed and exhausted directly to the outside, and are maintained under negative pressure (with respect to surrounding spaces) sufficient to contain tobacco smoke within the designated area. (b) The order does not extend to outdoor areas under Executive Branch control. (c) The order does not extend to any enclosed residential accommodation for persons voluntarily or involuntarily residing, on a temporary or long-term basis, in a building owned, leased, or rented by the federal government. (d) The order does not extend to federally-owned buildings leased, rented, or otherwise provided in their entirety to nonfederal parties. (e) The order does not extend to places of employment in the private sector or in other nonfederal governmental