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Smoking in the workplace

In the UK, smoke-free legislation provides that most workplaces must be smoke free.

Employers should review their policies and practices on a regular basis, to ensure that they are complying with the legislation, including for example in relation to their vehicles and employees who work remotely.


    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Smoking in the workplace
    • Occupational Health

    Just one in 10 will smoke in 2023, predicts PHE

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Sep 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Sep 2018

    Public Health England (PHE) has estimated that only one in 10 people will smoke in five years’ time, as the...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Health surveillance
    • Sickness absence management

    Toolkit helps employers tackle alcohol, tobacco and drug misuse

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 May 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 May 2018

    Business in the Community (BITC) and Public Health England have published a toolkit to help employers support their staff in...

    • Holidays and holiday pay
    • Smoking in the workplace

    Should employers give more holiday to non-smokers?

    by Sue Kelly & Selena Arbe-Barnes 23 Nov 2017
    by Sue Kelly & Selena Arbe-Barnes 23 Nov 2017

    A Japanese-based firm recently granted its non-smoking employees additional holiday. Should UK employers follow suit by considering introducing such a...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Health surveillance
    • Mental health conditions

    Public Health England campaign aims to boost employee health in small businesses

    by Nic Paton 2 Nov 2017
    by Nic Paton 2 Nov 2017

    Public Health England (PHE) has launched an initiative to support small businesses to improve work health.
    It has linked up...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Research
    • Health surveillance

    Does workplace health promotion work? A review of the evidence

    by Dr Paul J Nicholson 2 Nov 2017
    by Dr Paul J Nicholson 2 Nov 2017

    Questions raised about the quality of studies reporting return on investment from workplace health promotion initiatives make it worth examining...

    • E-cigarettes
    • Smoking in the workplace

    Workplace smoking ban 10 years on: Common employer queries

    by Stephen Simpson 4 Jul 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 4 Jul 2017

    On 1 July 2007, England introduced a ban on smoking in enclosed public places, including most workplaces. Ten years on,...

    • E-cigarettes
    • Research
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    E-cigarettes in the workplace: an employer’s guide to vaping

    by Sarah Silcox 30 May 2017
    by Sarah Silcox 30 May 2017

    In July 2007, England introduced its smoking ban, following the rest of the UK in banning the use of cigarettes...

    • Stress
    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Mental health

    Workplace wellbeing strategies linked to HR goals are on the rise

    by Noel O'Reilly 3 Mar 2017
    by Noel O'Reilly 3 Mar 2017

    Higher numbers of employers have adopted workplace wellbeing strategies in the past year than in previous years and they are...

    • Fit for Work
    • Employment law
    • Health and safety

    Employment law changes October 2015: a six-point checklist

    by Fiona Cuming 30 Sep 2015
    by Fiona Cuming 30 Sep 2015

    Every October brings new employment law changes, and 2015 is certainly no different. While the Government’s proposals to toughen the...

    • E-cigarettes
    • Fit for Work
    • Shared parental leave

    Top 10 HR questions in February 2015: E-cigarettes

    by Personnel Today 3 Mar 2015
    by Personnel Today 3 Mar 2015

    E-cigarettes and smoking policies were on employers’ minds last month, with the first tribunal decision involving disciplinary action for using...

    • E-cigarettes
    • Case law
    • Constructive dismissal

    E-cigarettes in the workplace: first vaping tribunal decision is a warning for employers

    by Personnel Today 11 Feb 2015
    by Personnel Today 11 Feb 2015

    E-cigarettes in the workplace pose a difficult question for employers...

    • E-cigarettes
    • Smoking in the workplace

    E-cigarettes at work: what do the experts say?

    by Deborah Arnott 27 Nov 2014
    by Deborah Arnott 27 Nov 2014

    Should employers allow the use of electronic cigarettes at work? Deborah Arnott, chief executive of public health charity Action on...

    • E-cigarettes
    • USA
    • Smoking in the workplace

    Managing the use of e-cigarettes in the workplace

    by Sarah Silcox 27 Jun 2014
    by Sarah Silcox 27 Jun 2014

    The increasing use of e-cigarettes, which are not covered by the same legislation as tobacco products, means employers may have...

    • E-cigarettes
    • Smoking in the workplace
    • Legal opinion

    Legal Q&A: E-cigarettes in the workplace

    by Victoria Clark 11 Feb 2014
    by Victoria Clark 11 Feb 2014

    Victoria Clark, associate at Clarion, answers employers’ questions on how to deal with the use of electronic cigarettes in the...

    • Stress
    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Employee engagement

    Benefits Overhaul 2012: Part 7 – Healthy staff, healthy business

    by Emma Page 8 Oct 2012
    by Emma Page 8 Oct 2012

    Should employers support employee health beyond simply managing absence? Welfare reform and the sickness absence review have placed employers right...

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