Johns-Manville Chairman of the Board's Bulletin on Smoking and Health at World Headquarters (1979)

Chairman of the Board's Bulletin No. 774-3, dated June 25, 1979 and effective July 2, signed by John A. McKinney, setting a smoking policy at Johns-Manville's World Headquarters. Citing "the strong direct link between smoking and several disabling or fatal diseases" and the Surgeon General's report of January 11, 1979, it extended the Smokenders smoking cessation subsidy, already offered to employees at asbestos-using facilities, to headquarters employees who had worked at asbestos processing facilities and their spouses. Other employees could join at reduced cost, no-smoking areas were set in the cafeteria, rest and reception areas, and smoking was banned in elevators, restrooms and meeting rooms.

In Johns-Manville's chronology

Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows:

Chairman of the Board's Bulletin No. 774-3, Effective 7/2/79, regarding J-M's No-Smoking Policy. Because J-M is concerned about the strong direct link between smoking and disease and because of its concern for the comfort of its non-smoking employees, J-M is extending its smoking cessation subsidy to employees at asbestos processing facilities (before it was just applied to those at asbestos using facilities). Certain areas in the facilities are to be designated as no-smoking areas, and smokers are asked to be considerate of non-smokers when smoking.

Related documents

• J. R. D. Wilson's Notice to Toronto Plant Employees on Smoking and Asbestos (1975)
• J. A. McKinney, President's Bulletin on Smoking Tobacco (1977)