Policy Statement

We comply with health and safety regulations and the Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage in making our setting a no-smoking environment - both indoors and outdoors.

Procedures

• All staff, parents and volunteers are made aware of our No Smoking Policy.

• No Smoking signs are displayed throughout the setting.

• The No Smoking Policy is stated at induction and in information for parents.

• Parents who wish to smoke outside are asked to do so away from the entrance into the pre-school.

• Staff who smoke do not do so during working hours, unless on a break and do so well away from the premises.

• Staff who smoke during their break make every effort to reduce the effect of the odour and lingering effects of passive smoking for children and colleagues.

• E-cigarettes are not to be used on the premises.

• Staff who smoke or use e-cigarettes during their scheduled breaks do so well away from the premises.

Legal framework

The Smoke-free (Premises and Enforcement) Regulations (2006)

The Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations (2012)