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Federal Legislation

The Non-smokers’ Health Act regulates smoking in workplaces under federal jurisdiction, including the federal public service, the federal private sector, the House of Commons, Crown Corporations, and other sectors including banking, broadcasting, inter-provincial and international transportation. Smoking is prohibited in virtually all federally-regulated workplaces, save for living accommodations, motor vehicles, lighthouses, crane cabs, cabooses, locomotives and other workspaces that have a separate ventilation system and to which only one person normally has access during a shift. This includes ships which operate on a 24 hour basis and provide workers’ living accommodations for extended periods of time. However, the Act and its Regulations do not prohibit smoking outdoors–many workers are exposed to clouds of second-hand smoke around entrances to buildings and other outdoor spaces. Read the Non-smokers’ Health Act and its Regulations.

Smoking Rooms Eliminated in Workplaces Under Federal Jurisdiction

On November 14, 2007, the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour, confirmed amendments to the Non-smokers’ Health Regulations which effectively ban smoking from most workplaces under federal control. Prior to the amendments, smoking was permitted in designated smoking rooms in a variety of federally-regulated workplaces, including the federal public service, the federal private sector, the House of...

NSRA calls on Parliament to protect federally regulated workers from second-hand smoke

To mark World No Tobacco Day, the Non-Smokers’ Rights Association along with other members of the Canadian Coalition for Action on Tobacco (CCAT), published a full-page ad in The Hill Times calling on Parliamentarians to protect federally regulated workers from second-hand smoke. The current legislation, the Non-smokers’ Health Act, when passed in 1988, was...