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CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS James DiPietro City Manager Administr~: 1-2 Approved ate: 04/15/98 ALL DEPARTMENTS TOBACCO OR TOBACCO PRODUCTS ABSTENTION AS PRE AND POST EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS OBJECTIVE To reduce the liability exposure to the City of Sunny Isles Beach recognizing that: 1) the Surgeon General of the United States has declared that use of tobacco or tobacco products is a hazard to an individual's health; and 2) an employee's poor health, due to continued use of tobacco or tobacco products, increases the loss experience of the group health insurance plans and group life insurance plans; and 3) increases in loss experience result in increases in premium cost for insurance plans; and 4) increases in premium costs for employees are borne by the General Fund and subsequently the taxpayer of the City of Sunny Isles Beach. To reduce the amount of lost productivity time due to absenteeism and on-the-job time lost to the City of Sunny Isles Beach recognizing that: I) an employee's poor health, due to the continued use oftobacco or tobacco products, increases the amount of lost work days and limited activity and thus reduces an employee's productivity; and 2) decreases in employee productivity result in the decrease in efficiency of the City government; and 3) decreased efficiency is not an effective use of taxpayer's dollars. RESPONSIBILITIES Each Department Head is responsible for monitoring the compliance of the provisions of this Administrative Regulation. PROCEDURES All applicants must be a nonuser of tobacco or tobacco products for at least six months immediately preceding application, as evidenced by the sworn affidavit of the applicant. Employees may not use, on or off duty, tobacco or tobacco products while employed by the City of Sunny Isles Beach.