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Special Reports - Smoking in the Workplace: Key Findings 

* Seventy-six percent of all white-collar workers had smoke-free work environments in 1999, compared to 52.2 percent of blue-collar workers and 57.5 percent of service workers. Overall, nearly 70 percent of the U.S. indoor workforce reported working under a smoke-free policy in 1999, compared with 46 percent in 1993 and just 3 percent in 1986.

* Female workers, regardless of occupational class, were significantly more likely than males to work in a smoke-free environment.

* Almost 91 percent of primary school teachers in the United States have smoke-free workplaces.

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