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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 511 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77104,"section_number":"27-40.1","catch_line":"Presumption as to death or disability from respiratory diseases, hypertension or heart disease","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-40.1\/"},{"id":56937,"section_number":"51.1-813","catch_line":"Disability resulting from activities in discharge of official duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-813\/"}],"permalink":{"id":175927,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62402,"identifier":"2.2-2902","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/29\/2.2-2902","url":"\/2.2-2902\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2902\/","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/29\/2.2-2902","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of tobacco products by state employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2902","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No employee of or applicant for employment with the Commonwealth shall be required, as a condition of employment, to smoke or use tobacco products on the job, or to abstain from smoking or using tobacco products outside the course of his employment, provided that this section shall not apply to those classes of employees to which \u00a7 27-40.1<\/a> or \u00a7 51.1-813<\/a> is applicable.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY STATE EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 2.2-2902)\n\nNo employee of or applicant for employment with the Commonwealth shall be\nrequired, as a condition of employment, to smoke or use tobacco products on the\njob, or to abstain from smoking or using tobacco products outside the course of\nhis employment, provided that this section shall not apply to those classes of\nemployees to which \u00a7 27-40.1 or \u00a7 51.1-813 is applicable.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 511, \u00a7 15.1-29.18; 1997, c. 587, \u00a7 2.1-111.1; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}