Community workers and support staff, indeed anyone who works in someone else’s private dwelling are not prohibited from smoking by the smoke-free legislation which governs workplaces. However, the ban does cover homeworkers in their own homes if any part of the dwelling is used solely for work purposes and is also used by a person who does not live there. Communal areas in blocks of flats that are also a place of work for porters, cleaners, and postal workers are not exempt from the ban.