SmokeFree
Australia
Coalition for safe
workplaces
is an alliance of employee and health groups
aiming to reduce harm from secondhand smoke ("SHS")
by making all Australian workplaces safely smokefree as soon as possible - “No
excuses, no exemptions.”
Our
bottom line:
No-one should be working in any area where smoking is permitted or into which it
drifts.
SHS kills. It's toxic and
carcinogenic - and there's no safe exposure level.
But some work safety authorities are turning a blind eye to it.
Despite welcome changes,
thousands of Australian workers are still working day after day,
night after night, exposed to some of the most toxic, carcinogenic substances
known.
If it was anything other than tobacco, there'd be ministerial resignations
and page one headlines.
Imagine the outcry if we'd
"managed" airborne asbestos like this !!
LATEST
NEWS
Media releases, campaigns, latest developments from
Australia and around the world
SUMMARY
The main arguments and evidence for 100% smokefree workplaces - indoors
and out
WHAT
STILL NEEDS FIXING
How some workplaces are de facto exempt from Occupational Health and
Safety obligations
TAKING
ACTION
What to do to get workplaces smokefree - or if you're being exposed to SHS
at work
THE
HEALTH EVIDENCE
Strong independent
research shows passive smoke harm - especially
in workplaces
THE
ECONOMIC EVIDENCE
Research worldwide shows
smokefree biz is good biz – despite the scare tactics of the
tobacco-friendlies
SMOKEFREE
GAMBLING
Why all gambling areas should be 100% smokefree
PUBLIC
SUPPORT
Latest
research showing snowballing public support for 100% smokefree workplaces
SMOKEFREE
LAWS: AUSTRALIAN STATES AND THE WORLD
How states & territories compare; worldwide best practices;
duties under OHS, discrimination & treaties
EFFECTIVENESS
OF SMOKEFREE ACTION
Worldwide experience shows it's worth
going all the way.
See the immediate, impressive benefits
TOBACCO
AND ITS ALLIES MISLEAD PUBLIC, MPs
Trawl through the tobacco and gaming lobby's decades of undue and misleading
influence
SMOKERS’
RIGHTS
What
about smokers? How the tobacco companies have ignored their basic rights
RESOURCES
AND LINKS
Factsheets, slideshow, TV and poster ads, publications & reports, partners'
websites