A hospital in Louisiana will soon ban employees from working if their clothing smells of smoke.

Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana, is banning the use of tobacco products by employees while on their shifts from July 2012, including when they are on breaks.
Hospital administrator Lisa R. Lauve said hospital officials are aiming to reduce patients' and employees' exposure to toxins that linger in fabrics from a recently burned cigarette, also referred to as third-hand smoke.
Smoking was banned from within 50ft of public buildings in 2006 but patients are still exposed to too much smoke from clothes, said Lauve.
The hospital send out letters to their employees notifying them that they have until July next year "to make whatever adjustments they needed to make to be able to comply with the policy that would not allow them to smoke during the hours that they work". (pi)