ABSTRACT
Cigarette smoking at the work site has recently become the focus of public and legislative interest. Private businesses, the Federal government, and local municipalities are rushing to establish no-smoking areas in public places and work places or to pass ordinances restricting smoking in public places and work places. Some work sites are offering smoking-cessation programs free of charge. The intentions motivating this latest anti-smoking movement are certainly good: to encourage smokers to quit and to clean up the environment inside closed spaces. But is this crusade based on a sound data base and real risks? Moreover, can smoking cessation be legislated by fiat? Also, is state-of-the-art knowledge about smoking behavior and the most effective cessation techniques being considered and included in the restriction and control of smoking at the work site?
