1 State - People - Authorities - 15 Authorities - 152 Council of State and Cantonal Administration

1. This regulation aims to protect the health of state personnel defined by the Public Service Status Law (LSt), dated June 28, 1995, and the public frequenting its premises from the harmful effects of passive smoke.

2. It also seeks to facilitate harmonious coexistence between smoking and non-smoking personnel.

3. In this context, both individual and collective responsibility are called upon.

[6] 1. Smoking is prohibited in all premises of the cantonal administration, in all premises of cantonal public educational institutions, and in vehicles of the cantonal administration.

2. The smoking ban concerns

- tobacco products and products containing tobacco substitutes intended to be smoked, as defined by federal tobacco legislation;

- electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and similar products.

3. This prohibition applies to all individuals working in these premises, as well as to those who frequent them. It constitutes a duty of function according to Article 15, paragraph 2, LSt.

The prohibition referred to in Article 2 does not apply to persons residing in places such as detention facilities or long-term care establishments, with regard to private spaces (cell or individual room).

State personnel is authorized to leave the premises mentioned in Article 2, paragraph 1, to smoke during breaks. The heads of administrative units and the directors of public cantonal educational institutions may determine the modalities.

The State organizes support measures for its staff members who wish to quit smoking.

Art. 6 The heads of administrative units and the directors of cantonal public educational institutions are responsible for ensuring compliance with the smoking ban within their sphere of competence.

The State shall particularly encourage municipalities, establishments, and other public law institutions or those recognized as being of public utility, as well as more generally, all enterprises that employ staff and receive the public, to follow it in the procedure outlined within the framework of this regulation.

[7] The Department of Health, Youth, and Sports, as well as the Department of Security, Digitalization, and Culture, are responsible for the implementation of this order and ensuring compliance with it.

1. This regulation shall enter into force on October 1, 2007.

2. It shall be published in the Official Gazette and inserted into the Neuchâtel Legislative Collection.