To protect the health of its employees and of the tenants who have offices at 807 Broad Street, the Rhode Island Indian Council made the decision in 1994 to prohibit smoking in the Algonquin House. We are therefore pleased to support the new "Workers' Safety Law," which went into effect on March 1, 2005. We believe that this life-saving initiative that prohibits smoking in almost all enclosed work places, can protect employees and clients from second-hand smoke exposure, which, as data shows, has killed up to 1,800 Rhode Inders every year. To learn more about this new law, click here>

Here are some facts about the new law, and about smoking in Rhode Island:

• Official Name of the law: Public Health and Workplace Safety Act
• Each year, 200 people in Rhode Island die from second-hand smoke.
• Rhode Island will be the 7th state to go smoke free, following in the steps of  California, Delaware, Maine, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
• The Rhode Island Department of Health tip line for offenses is (401)222-3293.

Want to quit smoking? Call 1-800-try to stop or click here for more information. You can get free counseling and free nicotine patches and nicotine gum.

To learn more about the Rhode Island Indian Council's Tobacco Program, click here>