{"id":6056,"date":"2018-10-10T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/?p=6056"},"modified":"2024-08-30T11:11:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:11:51","slug":"new-yorks-smoking-and-vaping-laws-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/new-yorks-smoking-and-vaping-laws-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"What are New York&#8217;s Smoking and Vaping Laws in the Workplace?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6057\" src=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sign-2957179_1280-1024x512.png\" alt=\"new york's smoking and vaping laws in the workplace\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sign-2957179_1280-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sign-2957179_1280-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sign-2957179_1280-1080x540.png 1080w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sign-2957179_1280.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>As an employer, did you know that New York regulates smoking, vaping (i.e., the use of an electronic cigarette), and the use of tobacco? New York&#8217;s smoking and vaping laws in the workplace are as follows:<\/p>\n<h2>No-Smoking and No-Vaping Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Employers are required to prohibit smoking and vaping in virtually all indoor places of employment, including restaurants and bars. Smoking and vaping generally may be permitted in the following areas and businesses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Private homes and private residences when not used for daycare;<\/li>\n<li>Private automobiles;<\/li>\n<li>Hotel or motel rooms rented to one or more guests;<\/li>\n<li>Retail tobacco businesses (primary activity is the retail sale of tobacco products and accessories, and the sale of other products is merely incidental);<\/li>\n<li>Membership associations where all duties related to the operation of the association are performed by volunteers who are not compensated in any manner;<\/li>\n<li>Cigar bars in existence prior to January 1, 2003 (where 10 percent or more of total annual gross income is from the sale of tobacco products); and<\/li>\n<li>Up to 25 percent of seating in outdoor areas of restaurants with no roof or ceiling enclosure, provided that the area is at least three feet away from the outdoor area not designated for smoking and vaping and is clearly designated with signage as a smoking and vaping area.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"retail electronic cigarette stores\" href=\"http:\/\/legislation.nysenate.gov\/pdf\/bills\/2017\/s2543a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Retail electronic cigarette stores<\/a>\u00a0(provided that such stores may only permit the use of electronic cigarettes).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Smoking and vaping are allowed in restaurants, bars, hotel and motel conference rooms, catering halls, convention halls, and other similar establishments only when the enclosed areas are being used for the\u00a0<em>sole purpose<\/em>\u00a0of inviting the public to sample tobacco products or electronic cigarettes and serving food and drink are incidental to such purpose. A business establishment may schedule no more than two days in a calendar year for these events.<\/p>\n<p><b>Special Note:<\/b>\u00a0New York City has its own\u00a0<a title=\"Smoke-Free Air Act\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/site\/doh\/business\/food-operators\/smoking-legislation.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smoke-Free Air Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Posting Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;No Smoking&#8221; signs, &#8220;No Vaping&#8221; signs, or a sign with the international &#8220;no smoking&#8221; symbol on it must be prominently posted and properly maintained where smoking and vaping are prohibited.\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"International No Smoking Symbol\" href=\"http:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/prevention\/tobacco_control\/clean_indoor_air_act\/docs\/graphic_no_smoking.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International No Smoking Symbol<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 PDF format<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"No Smoking Poster in English\" href=\"http:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/prevention\/tobacco_control\/clean_indoor_air_act\/docs\/text_no_smoking.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No Smoking Poster in English<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 PDF format<\/li>\n<li><strong>Note<\/strong>: More information (including posters) is available by\u00a0<a title=\"clicking here\" href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/prevention\/tobacco_control\/clean_indoor_air_act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>An outdoor dining area where smoking and vaping are permitted must be clearly designated with written signage as a smoking and vaping area.\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Smoking Permitted Poster in English\" href=\"http:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/prevention\/tobacco_control\/clean_indoor_air_act\/docs\/smoking_permitted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smoking Permitted Poster in English<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 PDF format<\/li>\n<li><strong>Note<\/strong>: More information (including posters) is available by\u00a0<a title=\"clicking here\" href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/prevention\/tobacco_control\/clean_indoor_air_act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The owner, operator, or manager of a hotel or motel that chooses to develop and implement a smoking and vaping policy for rooms rented to guests must post a notice at the reception area as to the availability, upon request, of rooms in which no smoking and vaping are allowed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Get more information about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/prevention\/tobacco_control\/clean_indoor_air_act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State of New York&#8217;s Clean Indoor Air Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping track of all state compliance for employers can be a burden and take up a lot of time. That\u2019s where GTM\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/what-we-offer\/hr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HR solutions<\/a>\u00a0come in. Get access to a vast library of HR documents, guides, checklists, and more, plus consultations with HR experts.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/get-a-quote\/\">Request\u00a0a free quote<\/a> or contact us to learn more about how we help businesses focus on growth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: \u201cSmoking and Tobacco Use in the Workplace in New York (NY)\u201d by Zywave<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are New York&#8217;s smoking and vaping laws in the workplace, and what do employers need to do to comply?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[6,162],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consulting-services","tag-new-york-employers","tag-smoking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6056"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6060,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions\/6060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6056"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=6056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}