Call to extend smoking ban to offices and workplaces
Published on: Monday, January 14, 2019
By: Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry is urged to consider extending the smoking ban to offices and enclosed areas, including the toilet rooms, at workplaces.
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) chairman, Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said the matter, however, needed to be discussed thoroughly between the ministry and employers before being implemented.
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He said the action of some smokers smoking in the office or workplace could affect the health of others.
“I myself had the experience of putting up with cigarette smoke in the toilets,” he shared and hoped that the ministry and employers could discuss on providing a special space at the workplace for smokers to satisfy their craving for cigarettes.
Lee was speaking to reporters after flagging off participants of the My Jantungku Run 2019 at the Water Sports Complex in Precinct 6, Putrajaya, Sunday.
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