New York State’s comprehensive law requires all employers to provide smoke free worksites to protect workers from the hazards of secondhand smoke including:
- Private Offices
- Break Rooms
- Company Vehicles
- Taxis & Limos
- Bars/Taverns
- Restaurants
- Bingo Halls
- Bowling Alleys
If you observe smoking in any of these areas, please call numbers below. All complaints will be kept confidential and will be promptly investigated.
Nassau County Department of Health
(516) 227-9717: restaurants and bars, (516) 227-9617: all other worksites
Suffolk County Department of Health Services
(631) 853-2967: all worksites
Suffolk County
- Legal Age for the Sale of Tobacco Products Raised to 21 (1039-2014)
- Tobacco-Free Policy for Suffolk County Community College (1270-2014)
- Law to Warn Consumers Of The Dangers of Liquid Nicotine Products
- Prohibit Smoking in County Parks and Beaches (1521-2012)
- Law to protect public health at hookah bars (1387-2012)
- Banning the sale of e-cigarettes to persons under the age of 19 (1347-2009)
- Suffolk County Lawmakers Approve Tobacco-Free Pharmacy Bill (IR 1039-2019 )
Nassau County
State Regulations