SB 5666-S.E - DIGEST

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/18/97)

     Provides that an employer's policy restricting smoking in the workplace must include a provision for a designated enclosed smoking room if a smoking room policy is included in a collective bargaining agreement applicable to the workplace or, if no collective bargaining agreement applies, the employees of the employer agree to a written smoking room policy.  The designated smoking room is deemed to meet any ventilation requirements of this chapter if it is ventilated as required by the written smoking room policy.

     Provides that no advertising, sales, or sampling of cigarettes or tobacco products are permitted in the designated smoking rooms.