Can US Postal Workers who delivery mail via mail truck smoke while delivering mail? ?

[jdtt34]

It seems like a no brainer but I am curious what the rule actually is. Mail is mostly paper and highly flamable. Yet my mail carrier smoke like a fiend. Whenever he has to open his truck up it smells like an ashtray and smoke pours out. Can he smoke while deliverying mail? What's the rule?

[misslabeled]

It depends on if he's a contractor to the postal service. I'm not100% certain, but I don't think you're allowed to smoke in government vehicles just like government buildings. But contractors own their own vehicles and may be able to do as they please, but I agree that wouldn't be a good idea with other people's mail.

You might simply send a complaint to your post office that your mail reeks of cigarette smoke because the carrier is a chain smoker. If he's not supposed to smoke they'll put a stop to it, but if he is, it will least start a discussion about fouling up people property with their nasty habit.