Louisiana § RS 23:966 - Prohibition of smoking discrimination
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 23:966 — Prohibition of smoking discrimination, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 23:966. Prohibition of smoking discrimination
A. As long as an individual, during the course of employment, complies with applicable law and any adopted workplace policy regulating smoking, it shall be unlawful for an employer:
(1) To discriminate against the individual with respect to discharge, compensation, promotion, any personnel action or other condition, or privilege of employment because the individual is a smoker or nonsmoker.
(2) To require, as a condition of employment, that the individual abstain from smoking or otherwise using tobacco products outside the course of employment.
B. A smoker, as referred to herein, is limited to a person who smokes tobacco.
C. Nothing in this Section shall preclude an employer from formulating and adopting a policy regulating an employee's workplace use of a tobacco product or from taking any action consistent therewith.
D. Any employer who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined up to two hundred fifty dollars for the first offense and up to five hundred dollars for any subsequent offense.
Acts 1991, No. 762, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 23:966 ("Prohibition of smoking discrimination") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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