Are You Allowed To Vape At Work In The UK - 1poundvape
by Liz Seyi Digital marketing managerAmid
the recent resurgence in the COVID-19 situation across the UK (in both case
numbers and the news headlines), you may feel that you barely know whether you
are coming or going from work.
Nonetheless, if you are still working in the traditional office or another
setting where you share a space with other workers, you might be interested to
know what the law says about your right to vape at work in the UK.
Do
the rules, for example, treat vaping as essentially the same as traditional
cigarette smoking (which it absolutely isn't), or is a formal distinction made
between the two?
It's a trickier
question to answer than you might think
Much
of the difficulty in being clear about where you are and aren't allowed to vape
in the UK, lies in the fact that there isn't an official law in this country
that bans the use of electronic cigarettes in any particular setting.
So,
workplaces and other public places - such as airports, hospitals, pubs, restaurants
and offices - have essentially been left to decide on their own policies.
And
some of those workplaces, unfortunately for vapers, have chosen to effectively
treat e-cigarettes as belonging to the same category as traditional cigarettes,
by completely prohibiting their use indoors. This doesn't seem right to us,
given that it actually is against the law in England to smoke in designated
smoke-free premises, according to the Health Act 2006.
It
is therefore sadly no great shock to hear of emerging discrimination against
vapers in workplaces in the UK. As reported by the HullLive website and
elsewhere, a recent study found that three quarters of vapers are apparently
not permitted to vape at work, unless in dedicated smoking areas.
That
would seem to be a direct contravention of guidance set out by Public Health
England (now the UK Health Security Agency), which states that "vapers
should not be required to use the same space as smokers, as this could
undermine their ability to quit smoking and stay smokefree, particularly among
those most heavily addicted."
What about the
situation when working from home?
One
of the key benefits of home working, from the perspective of many vapers, might
seem to be the freedom they gain to vape as they like over the course of the
working day. And sure enough, it isn't illegal to vape inside your home.
However,
if you rent your home, the situation might be more ambiguous. Nonetheless, a
landlord might not be so concerned about the potential effect of you vaping on
their property, if they know that e-cigarettes don't emit the same substances
as traditional cigarettes - and therefore pose a lower risk of staining, odours
and/or other harm to the property's fabric and/or contents.
Again,
there is no current law against vaping in rental homes, so it will be up to the
landlord to decide whether they are comfortable with this. Here at £1 Vape, we therefore urge tenants to
discuss with their landlord whether they will be allowed to vape in the
property before they do so.
So,
now that you have (hopefully!) gained a bit more clarity on what the law and
associated guidelines say about vaping while you work, why not help yourself to
some great-value and high-quality e-juices while you're here? £1 Vape is a leading Vape Shop Online In The UK, so you could even help yourself
to some new favourites while sat at your laptop during your lunchtime break...
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