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Trucker fined for smoking in his vehicle considered at work

October 14, 2009 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Health and Safety, Human Resources

This month, an Ontario truck driver was fined $305 for smoking in his vehicle, because it is also considered his workplace. Under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, smoking is prohibited at all workplaces in the province, and this includes a vehicle that is deemed a place of work in the Act. This makes me wonder…

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