SAMHSA Announces Availability of New Drug-Free Workplace Kit

Source: SAMHSA News Release 4/28/08
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has developed a Drug-Free Workplace Kit, suitable for all sizes of workplaces. The free kit provides public and private workplaces with practical evidence-based information, resources, and tools for producing and maintaining drug-free workplace policies and programs.

Read the entire Press release.

To access and download the online version of the kit, go to http://www.workplace.samhsa.gov/WPWorkit/index.html

The Smoke Free Colorado Bill

House Bill 1175, the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act of 2006, passed out of House Health and Human Services Committee and on to the House with an exemption for casinos.

The Bill would ban smoking in restaurants, bars, and most indoor workplaces and public places. It would also set a 15-foot perimeter outside business doors where smoking would be prohibited.

For more information visit the following links:

• Current Bill version, history, status, and votes on CO General Assembly Web site.
• Current news on Colorado smoking legislation from Google News.
• Smoking ban – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• “State Smoking Restrictions for Private-Sector Worksites, Restaurants, and Bars: United States, 1998 and 2004.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 54(26) July 8, 2005.