For seven years, OSHA has been considering an appropriate response to secondhand smoke in the workplace. Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), an antismoking watchdog, recently brought a suit against OSHA to ban smoking in workplaces. New York City is a leader in the fight against workplace smoking, with strict rules and hefty fines for those found in violation of the City's workplace smoking code.
See "Smokescreams", Ron Scherer, The Christian Science Monitor, June 3, 2001