Feds weigh in on e-cigarettes at work: Should you allow them?

by Christian Schappel

Employers have been asking themselves this question since e-cigarettes came on the market: Should we let people use them at work? Finally, a federal agency has provided an answer. 

And that answer is … no.

It came from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), which is responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.

Better to be safe …

Was there some new study on the health effects of these devices that made NIOSH make this recommendation to employers? No.

In fact, NIOSH admits that there is very limited data on whether or not e-cigarettes are harmful. But, in its opinion, it’s better to be safe than sorry – at least until more is known about the health effects of e-cigarettes and other related devices.

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