Article 46
Smoking

A. Definitions

1. Smoking. The activity involving lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or tobacco products.

2. Designated Smoking Areas. An area which is identified by a sign reading, "Designated Smoking Area" and includes the international smoking symbol, where personnel may smoke cigarettes only.

B. General requirements

1. Smoking is prohibited in the Montgomery County, Maryland DOE (Germantown) facilities.

2. Smoking is prohibited in all DOE facilities in the Washington, D.C. area with the following exceptions:

3. The interior courtyard of the south building;

4. The ground floor courtyard (east pedestrian mall), between the north and south buildings.

C. The Employer will make available, at no cost to employees, smoking cessation clinics for bargaining unit employees who wish to stop smoking.

D. The Employer will include in its vacancy announcements the following:

"DOE supports the policy of restricting smoking in all Federal facilities. Smoking (cigarettes only) is permitted only in designated smoking areas."

E. If complaints are registered concerning smoking locations, the parties will meet to attempt to resolve the complaints.