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88 John,D.daBuns Chairman of 111e Board' Dear Joe: Our medical staff has an active health education program which includes advice about'the hazards of smoking. employees to be considerate of their fellow workers in this matter. we have outlined guidelines on smoking and'have appealed to ever, through our various communication media to our employees workplace. At AT&T, we have no official policy on~smoking. How- Amerloan Telephpy; Telegraph CompmV, 195 Broadway New York, N.Y. 1000T Phone (212) ~39.1-100¢ ~ ~ Thank you for your letter of February 16 on smoking in the vans and smaller conference rooms, we post signs reminding smokers they must consider others. we designate No Smoking areas. In~our limousines, transportation In our lounge areas, cafeteria and large conference rooms, that' is comfortable. we make every effort to locate that' employee in an environment or of an employee unduly annoyed by smoke in, any concentration, tobacco smoke. In the rather rare instance of a smoke allergy of non-smokers unless they suffered from unusual, allergies to to smoking and have found no levels that' would affect the health monoxide monitoring in many areas of the building in relation In our headquarters location, we have conducted carbon that smokers and non-smokers will know they are being con- sideredland treated fairly. aiso follow the developments in this field and react in a manner Through our medicaL organization, we will continue to educate our employees as to the hazards of smoking. We will The Honorable Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Secretary of Health, Education and' Welfare Washington. D.C. 20201