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Recommended Smoking Policy, page 4 140 so, advise them about implementation, help them determine their equipment needs, inform them about smoking cessation materials available from the Health Department, and deal with any other questions they may have, such as how to enforce the policy, especially with regard to the public. Hopefully, areas will be designated to minimize any enforcement difficulties, however, this issue has been raised throughout the development of the survey and policy recommendation. Another Recommendation The SPC recommends that the Board endorse a pilot project, to be undertaken voluntarily by one or two departments, to test the use of smokeless ashtrays and desk-top air cleaning machines. These are devices that would address the "mini-environment" of immediate work areas. The SPC proposes this idea because designated areas will be difficult for some departments to achieve due to configuration of their facility or their relationship to the public. Also, personnel changes occur frequently enough to mean that the mix of smokers and non-smokers will also change. What was designated initially may be less workable as time goes by, yet not to the point of redesignating an entire facility. Finally, when non-smokers move into an area previously occupied by a smoker and vice-versa, the use of mini-environment devices ensures the least impact on either person - diminishes the smoke smell for future non-smokers and permits future smokers to work in an area where co-workers do not smoke. The SPC has no data on which to base this recommendation except personal experiences and anecdotes, so a limited test is appropriate. The team of department heads suggested to implement the Smoking Policy could also develop, organize and monitor such a pilot project.