Maintain a comprehensive tobacco-free workplace policy
The tobacco-free policy must apply to the entire workplace – both indoors and outdoors and must apply to all US-based employees, temporary workers, contractors and visitors. Gold Standard employers may not have any designated areas for the use of any form of tobacco.
Sample tobacco-free workplace policy
Sample tobacco-free enforcement language
Forms of tobacco and smokeless tobacco
- Cigarettes, Cigars, Pipes
- Smokeless tobacco, also called chewing tobacco, oral tobacco, spit or spitting tobacco, dip, chew, snuff, snus, twist, plug, and dissolvable tobacco products
- Electronic cigarettes, also called “e-cigarettes,” or “Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems” (ENDS)