LETTER:
It's UWS' turn for tobacco-free
Superior Telegram - June 7, 2013
It is time for the University of Wisconsin-Superior to take a leadership
role in the community and go tobacco-free. The University of Minnesota
Duluth, St. Scholastica, Lake Superior College and Wisconsin Indianhead
Technical College already have policies in place for smoke- or tobacco-free
campuses, as do many other schools throughout the UW System. In 2003,
all UW System residence halls went smoke-free, and in 2010, workplaces
and public places in Wisconsin joined them. The Americans for Nonsmokers
Rights Foundation recently released their updated list of tobacco-free
college campuses. To date, 16 Wisconsin campuses encompassing 57 sites
have made the move to a tobacco-free campus, indoors and out.
University
to make campuses tobacco-free
Denton Record Chronicle - June 7, 2013
DALLAS Texas Woman's University will become tobacco-free on its Denton,
Dallas and Houston campuses this fall. The Board of Regents decided
...
OSU
wraps up first smoke-free year
Dailybarometer - June 6, 2013
Oregon State Universitys Office of the President reissued a survey,
calling for student feedback on the initiative to make the campus smoke
free. If someone unfamiliar with the campus, like a parent, comes to
campus, we would prefer for them to know beforehand that the campus
is smoke-free, instead of ...
Smoking
ban: a year later
Dailybarometer - June 6, 2013
Its been a school year since Oregon State became a smoke-free campus.
Were honestly impressed its worked out we had our doubts about how it
would be enforced and whether people would abide by the honor system
in holding themselves and others accountable for not smoking. This is
not to say the ban is perfect. The smoking ban prohibited cigarettes,
electronic cigarettes, cigars, pipes or other devices intended to simulate
smoking from campus, according to Oregon State Universitys smoking policy.
The ban took effect September 2012. Our campus is beautiful. The lack
of smoke and cigarette butts littered across campus has added to our
campus beauty. This is not to say we havent seen people secretly sneaking
a drag by the Valley Library clock tower. ...
MU
campus smoking ban on track for July 1st
KBIA - June 6, 2013
The University of Missouris policy to make its campus completely smoke
free is on track to start on July 1st. ...
'Smoke-free'
UH burns students
The Daily Cougar - June 5, 2013
On Saturday, the University joined 711 colleges and universities around
the country when it banned all tobacco products and became a tobacco-free
campus, except for 20 one-year designated smoking areas. Prior to the
tobacco-free policy, there was a 15-feet smoking ban from buildings
and yet smokers still crowded the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library steps
daily. Compliance with this policy is doubtful and although the University
policy fulfills the CPRITs requirements, it lacks the strengths to make
a real change. Without a more severe punishment for its violators, preferably
in the form of a monetary fine, there is little incentive to comply.
...
UTSA
Smoking Ban Takes Effect
FOX 29 - June 1, 2013
It is not going to be easy to light up a cigarette on the UTSA campus.
PSU
task force recommends tobacco-free campus
KOAM-TV - May 29, 2013
After nearly seven months of work that included surveys, focus groups
and open forums, Pittsburg State University's Tobacco Policy Task Force
has recommended that the PSU campus go completely tobacco-free. The
task force submitted its report to PSU President Steve Scott on May
17. Scott and the President's Council will consider the recommendation,
with a decision expected in June.
Campus
Smoke-Free Effective Immediately
El Vaquero May 28, 2013
GCC became the 1160th campus in the US to go smoke-free, according to
the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation. Glendale follows UCLA as
they became smoke ...
Survey:
Students Want Smoke-Free Campus
KRWG - May 24, 2013
NMSU health officials polled students and staff and found support for
a smoke-free campus as colleges across the United States consider the
role smoking and tobacco should have on their campuses. According to
the American Nonsmoker's Rights Foundation, 1159 college campuses across
the US have a smoke-free policy. Of those, 783 have a tobacco-free ...
Getting Help
to Live Tobacco-Free, One Day at a Time
UC Riverside - May 23, 2013
With the entire University of California system going smoke and tobacco
free on January 2, 2014, Slater is one of many UCR staff, students and
faculty who are ...
Bill
takes aim at secondhand smoke on campuses
The Alestle - May 22, 2013
College campuses throughout Illinois could face major changes as a result
of decisions made by Illinois legislators. Senators are currently discussing
a bill that would ban smoking on college campuses beginning Summer 2014.
... According to the Americans for Nonsmokers Rights' website, “there
is a need to protect employees and students from exposure to secondhand
smoke on college ...
LePage
vetoes smoking ban on college campuses
Portland (ME) Press-Herald - May 22, 2013
Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would ban smoking on all public
university and college campuses in Maine, saying he'd rather see a bill
to "outlaw tobacco altogether" than a patchwork approach.
GCCC
trustees hear tobacco-free proposal
The Garden City Telegram - May 22, 2013
Garden City Community College Board of Trustees next month will decide
whether to have a completely tobacco-free campus. Moises Mora, Student
...
University
of South Carolina Attempts to Ban Tobacco on Campus
University Herald - May 21, 2013
The ban would cover nearly 40,000 students, faculty members, staff
and even ... other university campus-wide smoking bans, especially at
Clemson University. ... are tobacco and smoke free and of those schools,
nearly 800 have banned all ...
UI
should be smoke-free ($$)
Moscow-Pullman Daily News - May 21, 2013
Four of the five major institutions of higher learning in Idaho, including
Boise State University, along with more than 1,000 colleges across the
nation, have adopted smoke-free campus policies. It is shocking to me
that the University of Idaho has yet to take a stand against the dangers
of secondhand smoke. …
ISU
smokers adapt to ban
Canton Daily Ledge - May 21, 2013
A similar ban may be ahead for other Illinois schools. Earlier this
month, the Illinois Senate passed a ban on smoking at all state-supported
colleges and ...
Will
USC and Clemson Ban Tobacco on Campuses?
WLTX-TV 19 (COLUMBIA, SC) - May 20, 2013
Both the University of South Carolina and Clemson are considering banning
tobacco completely from their campuses. USC has a 40 member committee
and Clemson has a task force, both of which are working out the details
of the policies....
Smokers
adapting to ban at Ill. State University
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier - May 20, 2013
School officials and some students say a ban on smoking in high traffic
areas at Illinois State University is going smoothly so far. The Bloomington
Pantagraph reports (http://bit.ly/18bXBFH) the smoking ban affects the
campus quad and other areas. It was started by a student initiative.
Students
have mixed feelings on proposed campus smoking ban
Bloomington Pantagraph - May 20, 2013
NORMAL — Smokers at Illinois State University have adapted to
a ban on ... But legislation approved by the Illinois House would ban
smoking anywhere on the ...
UW-L
tobacco-free campus plans postponed
WXOW.com – May 19, 2013
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) – Plans to make the UW-L campus tobacco-free
are currently on hold. Organizers are now working to revise the proposal
to ...
Going
Tobacco Free
Abccolumbia.co - May 19, 2013
The next time you step on a college campus you may have to leave your
cigarettes behind.
USC
considers campus-wide smoking ban
The Herald - May 19, 2013
Cigarettes could go up in smoke on the University of South Carolina
campus soon. The state’s flagship university is contemplating a
campus-wide tobacco ban that would cover nearly 40,000 students, faculty
and staff as well as thousands of football fans tailgating in school-owned
parking areas around Williams-Brice Stadium. …
CSU
Stanislaus Might Consider On-Campus Smoking Ban
TurlockCityNews.com - May 18, 2013
As universities at both the University of California and California
State University levels consider banning on-campus smoking, CSU Stanislaus
recently held a vote to gauge student opinion on going smoke-free. …
Reminder:
UTSA begins transition to tobacco-free status June 1
UTSA Today - May 16, 2013
The transition of the UTSA campuses to tobacco-free and smoke-free status
will begin June 1, 2013. Through this one-year transition period, ...
Northeastern
to adopt smoke- free campus policy
News@Northeastern - May 14, 2013
After gathering information through diligent research and reviewing
feedback from hundreds of Northeastern community members, a committee
comprising students, faculty, and staff has recommended that the university
adopt a campuswide smoke- free policy. The committee submitted its recommendation
to the universitys senior leadership team and is currently developing
a comprehensive implementation plan for the policy, which will go into
effect this fall.
Approved
tobacco ban to increase smoking fine
Ball State Daily News - May 13, 2013
The Board of Trustees approved a new policy on May 3 that will ban smoking
and smokeless tobacco except in cars with windows up or during tailgating
events. The ban will be enforced by a fine of $100, double the current
amount. ...
Policy
change limits outdoor smoking areas
Illinois State University Stories - May 13, 2013
The University has a new policy that bans smoking in outdoor high-traffic
areas, such as the Quad. The change took effect with the start of the
spring semester and as a result of a 2011 student referendum. Students
favored the further smoking restrictions, which prohibit smoking in
Milner ... The University has taken an incremental approach to restricting
smoking.
Our
Opinion: UIS should go all in on smoking ban
The State Journal-Register May 10, 2013
Officials at the University of Illinois Springfield are dragging their
feet on an opportunity to improve public health at a premiere educational
institution. As of April, at least 1,100 college and university campuses
across the country have adopted 100-percent smoke-free campus policies
that ban all indoor and outdoor smoking, including in residences, according
to Americans for Non-Smokers Rights, a California-based organization
that lobbies for nonsmokers rights.
Smoking
ban's enforcement left to students, staff
Downtown Devil - May 10, 2013
In just 83 days, Arizona State Universitys new soft approach of community
enforcement against the use of tobacco on campus and secondhand smoke
will take effect. After August 1, tobacco will be prohibited on university
property, facilities, grounds, parking structures, university-owned
vehicles and structures owned or leased by the university, according
to ASU.
Smoking
declines after UM campus ban
HealthCanal.com - May 9, 2013
ANN ARBORA campus survey reveals a reduction in tobacco use by faculty
and staff members roughly a year after the University of Michigan banned
smoking on the grounds of its three campuses. It also shows a community
that largely supports the smoke-free campus policy and that has noticed
a difference in the level of smoking on campus. Results from two groups
faculty/staff and studentsrevealed some had taken advantage of the policy's
implementation as a time to quit or cut back.
Majority
on University of Michigan's campus support smoking ban
AnnArbor.com - May 9, 2013
According to the survey, 82.7 percent of students and 88.8 percent of
faculty and staff said they supported a smoke-free campus. Seventy-two
percent of faculty ...
Campus-wide
smoking ban proposed by University Council ...
The Daily Pennsylvanian - May 9, 2013
Smoke breaks might become a thing of the past on Penns campus. On April
24, the University Council Committee on Campus and Community Life presented
their annual report to the University Council. One of the main suggestions
from the report was that, all University of Pennsylvania facilities,
buildings, and properties shall be smoke and tobacco free.
UW-L
aims for compromise on smoking ban
WEAU - May 9, 2013
(WEAU) -- UW-La Crosse is trying to come up with a compromise to its
smoking ban plan. Students and the Academic Staff Council voted in favor
of banning ...
Cartoon:
UCLA instates campus smoking ban
USA Today - May 7, 2013
Last week, UCLA became the first school in the University of system
to instate a smoking ban; UC is looking to make all campuses smoke-free
by 2014.
U
of M poised to ban smoking on Twin Cities campus
Southernminn.com - May 7, 2013
Schools often take a year or more to phase in a smoking ban as they
educate ... use communication and social enforcement to impose smoking
or tobacco bans.
University
of Minnesota is set to ban smoking campus-wide
Minneapolis Star Tribune - May 6, 2013
But he wouldn't mind if the campus banned his puffs between classes,
he said. Soon ... After years of debate, the U's Twin Cities campus
is poised to ban smoking ... Banning smoking in parking lots, sidewalks
and everywhere else can cause ...
Smoking
on campus isn't the only secondhand health problem
Minnesota Daily - May 6, 2013
However, to every person that has written for a smoking ban on campus,
I'm 99.9 ... Simply put, banning cigarettes on campus is the most ludicrous
idea imaginable. ... I wonder what would ensue if high-caloric foods
were banned on campus?
College
Smoking Ban On Lawmakers Radar
1340 WJOL - May 6, 2013
Smoking may soon be a thing of the past on college campuses in Illinois.
Lawmakers are considering a plan that would make it illegal to light
up anywhere at ...
Pasadena
City College may ban smoking
Pasadena Sun - May 6, 2013
But banning smoking on campus "is just a matter of time, as far
as I'm concerned ... A number of California colleges have instituted
similar bans, and University of ...
Smoking
ban gains traction on campus
Minnesota Daily - May 6, 2013
Christopher Sheehy, a University research specialist, said a smoking
ban would make the University “anti-competitive” with recruiting
professors from other ...
Our
View: State colleges, universities should be smoke-free
Post-Bulletin - May 6, 2013
Thirty-two schools in Minnesota have smoke-free policies, including
Rochester Community and Technical College and the University of Minnesota
Rochester.
Ball
State trustees approve campus-wide smoking ban
WANE - May 6, 2013
The school banned smoking in residence halls in 1993, smoking from all
buildings in 1998 and banned smoking within 30 feet of the entrances
to campus ...
ISU
aims to make employees healthier, curb insurance costs
Terre Haute (IN) Tribune-Star - May 5, 2013
Next year, Indiana State University employees who smoke or use other
tobacco products could face a $1,200 per year surcharge if they have
university health insurance. Also, employees who voluntarily agree to
health screenings and health risk assessments ...
UIS
considering smoking ban; bill may require it
(IL) State Journal-Register - May 5, 2013
University of Illinois Springfield Chancellor Susan Koch wants the campus
community to know the reality they face if state lawmakers pass legislation
that bans people from smoking outdoors on all state-supported campuses.
Illinois
Senate Rekindles Campus Smoking Ban
NBC Chicago-May 4, 2013
A smoking ban took effect in August at the College of DuPage after the
board of ... about 650 other colleges or universities nationwide with
similar smoking bans. ...
U
campus could become smoke-free
Minnesota Daily-May 3, 2013
Katie Bobich, a Minnesota State Student Association member and student
at Mankato, said the university's smoke-free policy only slightly cuts
down on smoking ...
Husson
University to be Tobacco-Free By 2014
University Herald - May 3, 2013
Husson University has launched an 18-month campaign to eliminate on-campus
tobacco use. ...
UVM
talks tobacco use
Vermont Cynic - May 2, 2013
The possibility of a smoking ban has been a frequent discussion among
many students ever since the University Benefits Advisory Council (UBAC)
recommended a smoke-free campus in its June 2012 report. Many students
have interpreted this recommendation as a smoking ban, but Jan Carney,
co-chair of UBAC, said this is not how the policy is intended to come
across. The goal is to have a University wide conversation about this
as a health issue, Carney said. I envision it would span two to three
years and involve faculty, students and staff. UBAC has budgeted $45,000
for the project over three years, she said. ...
This
time, campus smoking ban clears Illinois Senate
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette (blog) - May 2, 2013
SPRINGFIELD Given a second chance, a bill to prohibit smoking on all
public university campuses in Illinois was approved by the Illinois
Senate. Last week, the measure, SB 2202, fell five votes short of passing
the Senate, and it was placed on "postponed consideration."
But supporters prevailed on Wednesday, 30-22. Among the five new "yes"
votes was Sen. Mike Frerichs, D-Champaign, who had voted no last week
but switched Wednesday.
Campus
smoking ban rekindled in Illinois Senate
Bloomington Pantagraph - May 2, 2013
SPRINGFIELD - A proposal to ban smoking on campuses at all state-supported
universities and community colleges received just enough votes to advance
out of the Illinois Senate on Wednesday.
College
smoking ban approved by Senate
Monmouth Daily Review Atlas - May 1, 2013
A second attempt at passage was successful Wednesday in getting a college
outdoor smoking ban through the Illinois Senate. The bill, sponsored
by Sen. Terry Link, D-Waukegan, squeaked by with the bare minimum 30-vote
majority needed just a week after being shot down by a five-vote margin.
The bill now heads to the House.
Students'
right to smoke versus right to clean air
The Orion - May 1, 2013
I dislike smoking just as much as the next gal, but I don't think we
should completely ban it from campus. After all, any measure restrictive
toward students' rights ...
Ban
smoking on campus
Aztec Press - May 1, 2013
Pima should ban smoking anywhere on campus. Even though college policy
currently prohibits smoking within 25 feet of building entrances, smokers
ignore the rules. Now that smokers have electronic cigarettes, they
also use them inside buildings and even in classrooms. Thats annoying,
too.
NMSU
moves to be tobacco-free throughout system
Las Cruces Sun-News - April 30 2013
LAS CRUCES — The New Mexico State University system is in talks
to become a tobacco-free university by July 2014. About 71 percent of
main campus ...
'Butt'ing
In
The Lion's Roar Newspaper - April 30, 2013
The demand, as explained by Heitmeier, is designed to make the state
a healthier place to live and would follow the examples of already smoke
free campuses ...
Smoke-free
campus initiative postponed to January
Daily Illini - April 30, 2013
The smoke-free campus initiative that was unanimously voted on by four
subcommittees has been postponed, pushing the enforcement date from
November to January.
Students
Vote for Tobacco-Free UW-L
WXOW.com - April 29, 2013
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) The UW-L campus is one step closer to a
tobacco-free campus. On April 16, students voted in favor of the Nobacco
'13 ...
Student
committee to look at smoking policies
Daily Trojan (University of Southern California) - April 26, 2013
Undergraduate Student Government passed a resolution Tuesday calling
for the formation of a student-run Campus Smoking Policy Committee to
investigate alternatives to the current campus smoking policy. ...
Senate
fails to pass outdoors smoking ban at state universities and ...
Galesburg Register-Mail - April 26, 2013
SPRINGFIELD A proposal that would ban people from smoking outdoors on
all state-supported university and community college campuses fell five
votes shy of the 30 need to pass the Illinois Senate this week.
University
of Houston Bans Smoking On Campus
KUHF-FM - April 26, 2013
The University of Houston is the most recent campus to enact a complete
ban on smoking and tobacco use. The tobacco-free policy goes into effect
on the UH Campus on June 1. She says the university will initially have
20 designated tobacco-use areas scattered across campus for staff and
students. Those smoking areas will be in effect for the first 12 months
of the new policy and will likely be phased out next summer. ...
Tobacco
ban will adversely impact surrounding community
The Hullabaloo Online - April 25, 2013
The Tulane University Senate recently approved a tobacco and smoke-free
policy to be systemically implemented in the next 18 months. In an effort
to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and maintain student health,
there will be a complete ban of tobacco use on campus. I appreciate
that the Senate is looking out for my health, but theyve failed to completely
analyze the effects of the ban outside of the realm of Tulane students.
Pushing smokers off campus will adversely impact the community directly
surrounding us. If the secondhand smoke is enough for the Senate to
ban it, then tobacco and smoke will infect the homes around campus.
Neighbors do not want smokers loitering outside their homes. Tulanes
student body already litters the streets on any given weekend, so the
problem is only worsened by smoke pollution. ...
Campus
smoke ban fails in Senate
Kankakee Daily Journal - April 25, 2013
A proposal that would ban people from smoking outdoors on all state-supported
university and community college campuses fell five votes shy of the
30 need to pass the Illinois Senate Wednesday. Sponsoring Sen. Terry
Link, D-Waukegan, used a parliamentary maneuver to keep the bill alive
for a possible second vote in the future. …
Statewide
campus smoking ban fails
The Southern Illinoisan - April 25, 2013
A proposal to ban on smoking on all state-supported universities and
community colleges fell short in the Illinois Senate Wednesday. …
Legislation
could burn smokers on campus
The Alestle - April 25, 2013
…Bill SB2202, or the Smoke-Free Campus Act, will ban smoking on
all state-supported institutions of higher education beginning July
1, 2014 if the Senate passes ...
Delaware
County Community College goes tobacco free July 1
Delaware County Daily Times - April 25, 2013
In a commitment to creating a healthy and sustainable environment for
the entire Delaware County Community College community, the College
is pleased to announce that all of its campuses and centers will go
tobacco free July 1, 2013. The policy prohibits the use of any tobacco
product (cigarettes, cigars, pipes, snuff, chewing tobacco, etc.) on
all college-owned or leased properties. The College is proud to join
nearly 800 schools around the country that maintain 100 percent tobacco-free
campuses. …
Green
River recognized for tobacco-free initiative
Auburn Reporter - April 24, 2013
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded Green River
Community College the Fresh Air Gold Campus Award for its implementation
of a tobacco-free policy. … At least 1,159 college campuses in
the United States had adopted a 100 percent smoke or tobacco-free policies
as of April, according to Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights. …
Students
debate smoke-free campus
Tallahassee Democrat (blog) - April 24, 2013
…Soon, however, smokers at Florida State University will be forced
to leave campus to smoke, as FSU has just become one of the 783 tobacco-free
campuses across the country. The policy, which will go into effect in
January 2014, is part of a health initiative to make FSU a more health-focused
campus. …
USG
Senate Talks Smoke-Free Campus
Annenberg TV News-April 24, 2013
UCLA recently became a smoke-free campus, and according to UC Health,
... that 54 USC should become a smoke-free campus. - percent of undergraduates
feel ...
Secondhand
smoke a first-hand risk for one student
The Free Press of the University of Southern Maine - April 22, 2013
I dont think anyone was happier than I when USM established a tobacco-free
campus earlier this year. After suffering a blood clot to the lungs
and subsequent diagnosis of lupus antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
11 years ago, I was warned by physicians to steer clear of cigarette
smoke. Even the close presence of a smoker who has just had a cigarette
compromises the health of my lungs.
UCLA
Tobacco-Free As Of Earth Day 2013
CBS Local - April 22, 2013
Beginning Monday, tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, chewing
tobacco, and electronic cigarettes, will be banned from the school's
campus. ...
CSU
Chancellor responds to system-wide smoking ban resolution
Daily 49er - April 22, 2013
Cal State University Chancellor Timothy P. White plans to implement
a system-wide smoking ban, which would prohibit smoking throughout the
23-campus system by the end of 2013. In February, the chancellor responded
to a resolution from the CSU Academic Senate to ban the use and sale
of tobacco products and initiate smoking cessation programs, according
to a letter written by CSU Associate Vice Chancellor Ronald E. Vogel.
White will create a special taskforce that will put together a plan
on how to ban smoking and the sale of tobacco on campuses and report
by the end of this year, according to CSU Spokesman Erik Fallis. ...
College
Libertarians' free cigarettes add fuel to smoking ban debate
Binghamton University Pipe Dream - April 22, 2013
The College Libertarians handed out free cigarettes and cigars by the
Pegasus statue Friday in protest of the proposed SUNY-wide smoking ban,
reigniting campus debate about smokers rights and the feasibility of
enforcement. ...
Eastern
included in smoke-free bill
Daily Eastern News - April 21, 2013
With the Smoke-Free Campus Act introduced in the Illinois State Senate
on Feb. 15, Eastern could be mandated to police smoking habits on campus.
The act, introduced by Democratic Senator Terry Link in February, would
require all state-supported universities and community colleges to ban
smoking by July 2014 and to create a taskforce to enforce the ban by
December 2013.
Glendale
Community College campus goes smoke-free
Valley Sun April 20, 2013
When Glendale Community College students return from spring break on
Monday, they will be greeted with a new warning: It's official, the
campus is going smoke-free. "You'll be joining nearly 1,200 colleges
nationwide and a growing number in the state of California," he
told the trustees after they cast their vote. About 10 community colleges
in California most of them in San Diego County have adopted no-smoking
policies, according to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation. ...
Clouds
of smoke lead to community conversation on tobacco use
Macalester College The Mac Weekly April 19, 2013
... I think Macalester should do something to match [recent anti-smoking
legislation], Meyerson said. Walking through a cloud of smoke on my
way to breakfast is not what Im paying $50,000 for. Revamping the campus
smoking policy is not a new debate at the college. In February 2010,
Laurie Hamre, Vice President of Student Affairs, formed the Tobacco-Free
Environment Task Force committee to look at the rights of non-smokers.
This committee was chaired by Lisa Broek, the Associate Director of
Health Promotion, and Denise Ward, Director of the Health and Wellness
Center. A recent report by the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
stated that there are now at least 1159 college campuses with a 100%
smoke-free policy.
ASU
to go tobacco-free Aug. 1
Ahwatukee Foothills News - April 18, 2013
Starting next semester, students who smoke will have to find other places
to light up between classes. All Arizona State University campuses and
buildings will become tobacco-free beginning Aug. 1. When the ban goes
into effect, all tobacco products, including alternative tobacco products
such as smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes and hookah will be prohibited.
ASU has found these products to be harmful and are banned because they
do not fit with the universitys environment of health and wellness.
...
Bruins
prepare to quit or cut back as UCLA goes tobacco-free
UC Los Angeles - April 18, 2013
More than 1,000 colleges and universities nationwide have gone smoke
or tobacco-free. Next week, UCLA joins the crowd.
Bill
that would ban smoking on Louisiana college campuses approved by Senate
panel
New Orleans (LA) Times Picayune - April 18, 2013
Smokers may no longer be able to light up a cigarette on college campuses
under a bill unanimously approved by a Senate committee Wednesday. Senate
Bill 36 by Sen. David. Heitmeier, D-Algiers, would prohibit smoking
on the grounds on all of Louisiana's post-secondary education campuses.
The bill includes community colleges, LSU and Southern University campuses
and the University of Louisiana …
Daytona
State holds final vote on smoke-free campus
Daytona Beach News-Journal - April 17, 2013
Nationally, about 1,100 campuses are smoke-free, including 783 that
do not allow any tobacco products. Locally, Bethune-Cookman is a tobacco-free
campus ...
ASU
campuses to go tobacco-free Aug. 1
East Valley Tribune - April 17, 2013
Student-government groups at ASU's four campuses voted on whether they
support making the university a tobacco-free campus last semester. The
motion was ...
Student
group presents smoking ordinance revision
Aransas Pass Progress - April 17, 2013
A heated discussion ensued about revising the current ordinance relating
to ... have shown that sales of alcohol were not affected by these smoking
ordinances. ...
KSU
Considers Banning Smoking on Campus
The Sentinel (Kennesaw State University) - April 16, 2013
The A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service and Research sent out voluntary
email surveys to Kennesaw State students, faculty and staff to determine
whether the KSU community supports a campus-wide ban on smoking.
Banning
the Smoking Gun
KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper - April 16, 2013
They think that if something is banned, it won't be around to cause
harm. ... The first problem in any discussion of banning something is
that any ban infringes ... The researchers found that smoking bans don't
have any significant effect on the ...
UIC
to go tobacco-free this summer
RedEye Chicago (blog) - April 16, 2013
Students, faculty and other employees of the University of Illinois
at Chicago will have to kiss their tobacco products--and their electronic
cigarettes--goodbye this summer thanks to a new tobacco-free campus
policy that will go into effect July 1.
SSC
goes smoke-free, approves affiliation agreements with CVS, Walgreen
Orlando (FL) Business Journal - April 16, 2013
Its official: Seminole State College of Florida will have tobacco-free
campuses starting Aug. 26, the colleges board voted April 15. Approved
making the college tobacco-free starting Aug. 26. The colleges Tobacco-Free
Committee will begin developing implementation policies.
Update
for the USM smoking policy soon affecting UMBC
Retriever - April 16, 2013
Steps towards a smoke-free campus are continuing to be made with collaborative
efforts from UMBCs Student Government Association (SGA) and the Smoke-Free
Task Force. Beginning July 1, UMBCs campus will be joining the many
other institutions in Maryland who have already gone smoke-free.
Tulane
University will go smoke-free in 2015
Bayoubuzz - April 15, 2013
Less than two years from now, Tulane University will be smoke-free,
and anyone who lights up will face a fine. This policy, which will take
effect Jan. 1, 2015 ...
FAMU's
tobacco-free policies help students to breathe easy
Famuan - April 14, 2013
Many people say it's disgusting to see a tobacco-free commercial of
a woman who has no teeth and a hole in her throat as she battles with
oral and throat cancer ...
For
some students, Tulane smoking ban is a breath of fresh air
Bayoubuzz - April 12, 2013
For some students, Tulane smoking ban is a breath of fresh air. Written
by ... The university senate voted to ban tobacco products starting
in August of 2014.
UF
celebrates five years of tobacco-free campus
University of Florida - April 8, 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. The UF Tobacco-Free Task force says that Gators
don't chew, they chomp – and they have done so for the past five
years. …
SC4
ponders smoke-free campus
Port Huron Times Herald - April 8, 2013
St. Clair County Community College students may not smoke within 20
feet of campus buildings. Kathleen Fraley and members of the college’s
wellness committee want to smokers even farther away from the doors
of SC4. Fraley will propose a campuswide smoking ban to the SC4 Board
of Trustees at its 4:30 p.m. Thursday meeting. The board meets in room
150 of the M-TEC building. …
Study
finds 10% of freshmen begin smoking in college
The Crimson White (University of Alabama) - April 8, 2013
As the freshman class enters The University of Alabama, about 6 percent
will arrive as smokers. When they leave as graduates, 16 percent will
walk away with the habit. That’s a three-fold increase in just
four years. This data comes from a study done by ...
UTSA
to begin transition to tobacco-free status on June 1, 2013
UTSA Today - April 8, 2013
The UTSA Tobacco-Free Task Force has received support from President
Ricardo Romo and the Campus Management and Operations Committee (CMO)
to move forward with the university’s tobacco-free and smoke-free
campaign. The transition of the UTSA campuses to tobacco- and smoke-free
status will begin June 1, 2013. During the transition period, smoking
and tobacco use will be allowed only on surface parking lots except
for the following: …
University
Senate fails to vote on smoking resolution
Columbia Daily Spectator (Columbia U.) - April 7, 2013
After months of build-up, the University Senate failed to vote Friday
on a resolution that would ban smoking on much of the Morningside Heights
campus, because too few senators attended the plenary to meet quorum.
...
FREE
SMOKES
Grand Valley Lanthorn – April 7, 2013
While discussion around a smoke-free campus is illogical, following
the Student Senate’s adoption of a resolution advocating designated
smoking areas, on-campus smokers should remain respectful of their surroundings
... According to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundations, there
are currently 1,161 colleges and universities in the U.S. with smoke
or tobacco-free policies, 33 of those are in the state of Michigan.
…
Student
Senate passes resolution to limit smoking areas
Grand Valley Lanthorn - April 7, 2013
... throughout the GVSU campus at its final meeting Thursday. The resolution
is to: “Encourage the official designation of smoking areas on
Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus, thereby protecting
students, faculty, and staff from exposure to secondhand smoke and reducing
the amount of litter on campus.” …
Heartland
needs campus smoking ban
Bloomington Pantagraph - April 6, 2013
I am a student at Heartland Community College and I think they should
ban smoking on the campus. I do not agree with the smoking sections
that are provided ...
Blue
Ridge CTC campus going tobacco free
Martinsburg Journal - April 5, 2013
MARTINSBURG - Plans are being made for Blue Ridge Community and Technical
College to become a tobacco-free campus - a change that should become
...
No
designated smoking areas in U. Senate-approved ban
Diamondback Online - April 5, 2013
The University Senate approved an implementation plan for the campuswide
smoking ban scheduled to go into effect on July 1, delaying punitive
enforcement for at least a year and not calling for designated smoking
areas. …
Potential
smoking ban needs proactive involvement
The Hullabaloo Online - April 5, 2013
A campus-wide universal smoking ban is under consideration in the University
Senate, Tulane’s senior internal governance body. If passed, the
policy would set the campus on a path to being completely smoke free
by Jan. 1, 2015. … This hypocrisy, advertising a “mandatory”
policy with posters all around campus while at the same time virtually
ignoring it, is a far worse problem than the smoking itself. Tulane
would be better suited to repeal smoking restrictions altogether than
to continue the current all-talk-no-walk superficiality. Restrictions,
however, look good on paper regardless of whether they are enforced,
so maybe it doesn’t matter to the administration. …
American
Cancer Society: NY leads in college smoking bans
The Journal News | LoHud.com - April 4, 2013
Though some SUNY campuses have already banned smoking, the system would
... SUNY Cortland was among the first state campuses to ban smoking.
... it didn't make sense anymore for us to not take a leadership role
in banning it from ...
More
colleges ban smoking on campus, report finds
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - April 4, 2013
New York has 67 smoke-free or tobacco-free college campuses, more than
any other state in the country, and 29 more colleges in the state are
working to adopt such policies, the American Cancer Society announced
in a recent report.
Medical
marijuana proposal may change BU policy, rules
Daily Free Press (subscription) - April 4, 2013
Boston University’s policies toward the use of medical marijuana
have yet to be decided, officials said Wednesday in response to the
preliminary regulations for use of the drug released Friday by the Massachusetts
Department of Health. … COM junior Mary Bell said students with
cards should have a designated location on campus where they can use
marijuana for medical purposes. “If you have a medical marijuana
card, then you should be able to smoke somewhere on campus, but not
in dorms,” she said. …
Subtle
Measures Will Best Reduce Smoking Rates
The UCSD Guardian Online - April 4, 2013
…Bans have never bent behaviors on any significant scale, and they
won’t work again next January, when Mark Yudof’s UC-wide smoking
ban takes effect. Enforcement at public universities, which are largely
outdoors and span multiple buildings, is either a nightmarish challenge
for police or a non-priority. The final word isn’t in yet, but
preliminary data suggest that the national movement to ban smoking at
colleges (774 have done it already) has been ineffective. Although the
number of college campuses that have banned smoking is up a full 4 percent
from last year, the number of 18- to 24-year-olds who smoke has increased
by half a percent, according to researchers at the Harvard School of
Public Health. …
Bangor
College Campus Going Tobacco-Free
WABI - April 3, 2013
Bangor College Campus Going Tobacco-Free ... Officials announced that
at the start of the 2014 school year, their campus is going tobacco-free.
It was a student ...
Husson
University tobacco free in 2014
WCSH-TV - April 3, 2013
BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER)--If you want to light up a cigarette or
chew tobacco, Husson University will be off limits pretty soon. Husson
University ...
CSULB
Students Vote For Smoke-Free Referendum
Gazette Newspapers - April 3, 2013
California State University, Long Beach, students are leading the charge
for a smoke-free campus after student election results came in last
Thursday. …
Santa
Barbara City College considers smoking ban
KEYT - April 3, 2013
One idea being considered is to only allow students to smoke in their
cars. Some college officials are concerned about how they could enforce
an all-out ban.
SGA
invites public to weigh in on smoking ban
Wichita State Sunflower - April 3, 2013
The Student Government Association scheduled two open forum talks this
week where the Wichita State population can voice their opinions about
the proposed on-campus smoking ban. The forums will take place at 1
p.m. Wednesday and 11 a.m. Friday in room 305 of the Rhatigan Student
Center. …
Park
board will ask city to declare Barden tobacco-free
St. Cloud Times - April 3, 2013
The city Parks & Recreation Advisory Board approved a resolution
Tuesday night that aims to make Barden Park tobacco-free. After public
testimony that largely ...
Editorial:
UConn smoking ban would be a misguided move
UConn Daily Campus-April 3, 2013
Editorial: UConn smoking ban would be a misguided move ... a smoke-free
campus, it would mean tobacco smoking would be banned on all University
property, ...
Putting
Out the Smoke
New University Online - April 2, 2013
The recently signed federal legislation hopes to reshape policies and
programs on campuses. Beginning the transition as the first tobacco-free
University of California campus, UCLA will begin enstating their policies
against smoking and chewing tobacco on April 22 Earth Day. …
St.
Cloud residents want park to be smoke-free
Crookston Daily Times - April 2, 2013
St. Cloud, Minn. -- St. Cloud State University has been tobacco-free
for almost a year, but the decision has had unpleasant consequences
for a nearby historical site. A St. Cloud Times report ( http://on.sctimes.com/Z2aOJZ
) says smokers have begun converging on Barden Park. The land is surrounded
on two sides by university property. A recent city report says the park
now gets hundreds of visits per week from smokers, and hundreds of cigarette
butts litter the ground. …
CSU
student government explores tobacco ban
Rocky Mountain Collegian - April 1, 2013
A smoke-free future may be coming to CSU. The Associated Students of
CSU is hosting the latest in a series of tobacco forums to gather student
and faculty input on the matter, with CSU Health Network representatives
slated to be in attendance. …
Guest
column: Wide show of support for SHAC tobacco-free campus campaign
Arizona Daily Wildcat - April 1, 2013
The Student Health Advocacy Committee is turning heads with its campaign
to transform the UA into a tobacco-free campus. On March 20, SHAC hosted
its first ever UA Kick Butts Day Cleanup Competition to promote awareness
of tobacco use on campus. …
Minnesota
residents want park to be smoke-free
La Crosse Tribune - April 1, 2013
ST. CLOUD, Minn. St. Cloud State University has been tobacco-free
for almost a year, but the decision has had unpleasant consequences
for a nearby historical site. A St. Cloud Times report says smokers
have begun converging on Barden Park. The land is surrounded on two
sides by university property. …
Tobacco-Free
SCSU Causing Trouble For Nearby Park
KVSC-FM News - April 1, 2013
(AP) - St. Cloud State University has been tobacco-free for almost a
year, but the decision has had unpleasant consequences for a nearby
historical site. …
Students
Look to Gauge UNH's Interest in Banning Smoking reports ...
OfficialWire - April 1, 2013
San Francisco, CA- A University of New Hampshire student group is now
attempting to try and clear the air, so to speak. Substance Awareness
through Functional Education is inviting students to sign an online
petition that will ban smoking on the UNH campus. Since its inception
on March 5, the petition currently carries 109 students signatures.
… Since the start of 2013, over 1,100 colleges and universities
have banned on-campus smoking for both indoor and outdoor use, according
to no-smoke.org. No-smoke.org cites the rapid trend of the smoking bans
as a growing victory for a health conscious college scene. New Hampshire
currently has no 100% smoke-free college campuses. …
WSUV
campus will be tobacco-free next fall
The Columbian - March 30, 2013
Washington State University Vancouver Chancellor Mel Netzhammer announced
Thursday that the campus will become tobacco-free effective Aug. 1.
More than ...
Students
continue push for tobacco-free UW-L
WXOW.com - March 29, 2013
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) - Students on the University of Wisconsin
– La Crosse campus continue taking the initiative to make the campus
tobacco-free.
UC
San Diego To Go Smoke Free
KPBS - March 26, 2013
It’s illegal in San Diego to smoke in a public park, on the beach,
or even at a Padres game. But people can still light up on the campuses
of the city’s two largest universities: San Diego State, and UC
San Diego. That’s about to change. … That’s all going
to end on September 1st, when UC San Diego will go completely smoke
free. …
Student
Affairs Committee proposes smoking regulation
K-State Collegian - March 26, 2013
In a question on the recent SGA election ballot, voters were asked their
opinion on a smoking ban covering the whole K-State campus. Over 90
percent of respondents said they would support a full ban. …
Off
Campus: Breathing more easily on Maine's higher education campuses
Press Herald - March 25, 2013
PORTLAND - A proposed bill in front of the Legislature -- An Act to
Protect Public Health at Public Institutions of Higher Education (L.D.
468) -- would ban cigarette smoking on all Maine public higher education
campuses and allow all of us to "breathe easy" when studying
at, working at and visiting Maine's public institutions of higher education.
…
Smoking
Will Be Banned on OU Campus This Fall
Rochester-Rochester Hills (MI) Patch.com - March 25, 2013
Starting this fall, Oakland University will join 21 other Michigan colleges
and universities in becoming a smoke-free campus. … According to
the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation, as of the beginning
of 2013, at least 1,129 campuses across the country were entirely smoke
free, including 22 colleges and universities in Michigan. Oakland Community
College has a smoke-free policy; so does the University of Michigan.
Michigan State University and Wayne State University do not. …
NSU
students OK smoking ban with low turnout
Daily Republic - March 25, 2013
ABERDEEN (AP) Students at Northern State University have voted
in favor of banning smoking on the Aberdeen campus, though only 10 percent
of students voted. …
In
low turnout, NSU students vote in favor of smoking ban
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - March 25, 2013
In low turnout, NSU students vote in favor of smoking ban ... University
have voted in favor of banning smoking on the Aberdeen campus, though
only 10 percent ...
Letter:
Northern State University should tolerate smokers ($$)
AberdeenNews.com - March 24, 2013
Nonsmokers don't want the choices of others affecting their health.
Yes, second-hand smoke kills, but why jump to the conclusion that banning
smoking on the ...
Glendale
Community College ponders going smoke-free
Glendale News Press – March 23, 2013
Officials at Glendale Community College this week proposed that the
college join a small handful of smoke-free campuses statewide. …
According to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation, about
10 California community colleges have adopted campus-wide non-smoking
policies, most of them in San Diego County. ...
Student
org tries to ‘clear the air’ with smoke-free petition
UNH The New Hampshire – March 22, 2013
A student group at UNH is trying to clear the air. Substance Awareness
through Functional Education is inviting students to sign an online
petition to ban smoking on the UNH campus. Since its inception on March
5, the petition currently carries 109 student signatures. … As
of Jan. 2, roughly 1,129 college and university campuses nationally
have banned on-campus smoking, indoors and outdoors, according to no-smoke.org.
No-smoke.org cites a rapid trend in on-campus smoking bans, whereas
only 530 campuses were ‘smoke-free’ in July 2011. New Hampshire
currently does not have any 100 percent smoke-free college campuses.
Massachusetts has 14 smoke-free campuses, while Maine has five –
all of which do not permit any tobacco substances at all, according
to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation. …
Illinois
considers sweeping smoking ban on public college campuses
WCSH-TV - March 22, 2013
A senate committee approved the bill Tuesday, but going smoke-free is
already a ... U of I's Champaign-Urbana campus will be going smoke-free
in November.
Smoking
bans, union contracts, veterans and health
The Southern - March 22, 2013
Thumbs down … Senate Bill Senate Bill 2202 takes our state to far
into the personal lives of residents and robs institutions of local
control. The bill would require smoking to be entirely banned on public
university and community college property by July 1, 2014. Smoking kills;
we understand that. But one would assume the state has hired some fairly
bright individuals to run its universities and colleges. And they have
boards to which they report. Let the schools individually decide. The
Illinois General Assembly needs to focus on the state’s extraordinary
debt and stop wasting time and resources in a doomed-from-the-start
efforts at playing nanny to all. We’ve already seen one state law
against smoking in public places – one defied without consequence
across Southern Illinois. Do we really need another mandate that ultimately
will erode respect for all laws. …
Laredo
Community College may become smoke-free campus
Laredo Morning Times - March 21, 2013
Smoking might soon become a thing of the past at Laredo Community College.
In a special-called meeting Thursday, LCC's board of trustees directed
administration to research banning smoking at the college with all but
one board member ..
A
plan in cigarette ettiquette [sic]
Vermont Cynic - March 21, 2013
Banning tobacco products on campus is a growing trend among U.S. universities.
The American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation reported in 2013 that
over 1,000 colleges have banned smoking on campus. However, just because
other universities are joining the anti-smoking movement does not mean
that UVM should do so blindly. …
Smoking
restriction praised
Vermont Cynic - March 21, 2013
Every time I step outside, I prepare myself to take a deep breath of
fresh Vermont air. My enjoyment is soon cut short when, reliably, a
group of smokers will be standing nearby. Secondhand smoke infringes
on the right of students to avoid exposure to harmful substances. Despite
the attempt to reduce smoke exposure by creating smoke free areas of
25 feet around buildings, secondhand smoke remains a significant problem
on campus. …
Local
colleges react to new proposed college smoking ban in Illinois
WGEM - March 21, 2013
A new proposal in Illinois would ban smoking on all state-supported
colleges and universities. And now-- local universities are reacting
to the proposed ban.
Bill
Could Ban Smoking on College Campuses
WSIL TV - March 21, 2013
CARBONDALE -- An Illinois Senate committee has approved a smoking ban
for ... banning all tobacco products, and creating designated smoking
areas on ...
SIU
examining smoke-free campus options
The Southern - March 21, 2013
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University is considering joining
hundreds of other colleges and universities around the country in implementing
a smoke-free campus policy. Chancellor Rita Cheng has appointed a broad-based
committee that includes representatives from all campus constituencies
to examine smoke-free proposals ... In upcoming weeks, the committee
will conduct a poll to explore a number of options. Among the questions:
Should smoking be allowed in public outdoor spaces; should SIU be a
100 percent smoke-free campus; should SIU be a tobacco-free campus;
should smoking be allowed only in designated areas; and should smoking
be allowed only in parking lots and personal vehicles. …
Smoking
ban proposal moves forward
WAND - March 21, 2013
SPRINGFIELD - A plan to ban smoking on all state-supported universities
and colleges is moving forward. The higher education committee passed
the proposal 7-5. The plan seeks to ban smoking anywhere on a public
university or community college campus effective July 1, 2014. …
Illinois
Senate Committee OKs Smoking Ban On College Campuses
NBC Chicago (blog) - March 21, 2013
A Senate committee on Tuesday approved a state-wide measure that would
ban smoking anywhere on the campuses of public universities or community
...
Smoke
Free SLU puts on a 'grave' event
The University News - March 21, 2013
The 18th annual Kick Butts Day was held today in the Busch Student Center.
The event was not hosted by SLU Karate but, rather, by Smoke Free SLU
as a way to stand up against Big Tobacco. …
CSU
board hopes to make school system smoke-free
Daily Sundial - March 20, 2013
LONG BEACH The CSU Academic Senate’s resolution to ban tobacco
products on all CSU campuses is one step closer to being implemented
as an executive order. At Wednesday’s meeting, the senate’s
chair, Dr. Diana Guerin, thanked Chancellor Timothy White for responding
to the senate’s plan to make the CSU smoke-free. “He wants
to plan the process to ban all tobacco products in the CSU and cessation
programs,” Guerin said. “We would be pleased to participate
in this (and) provided solutions electronically to the board.”
Currently the only CSU campus with a tobacco policy is San Francisco
State University, which bans tobacco use outside of designated smoking
areas. Cal State Fullerton is the first CSU campus that will become
100 percent smoke-free as of August 2013. …
FSU
to Become Smoke-Free Campus
WCTV - March 20, 2013
Tallahassee, FL - The No Smoking Zones at FSU will eventually cover
the entire campus. The FSU Board of Trustees approved a measure to ban
the use of all tobacco products on campus. … FSU is slated to become
a smoke-free campus by January 2014. …
GRU
Campus Set to Go Tobacco Free This Fall
WJBF-TV - March 20, 2013
Today is National Kick Butts Day - a day to raise awareness about the
dangers of smoking. And that’s why today, GRU announced some changes
on campus this fall. … This fall, GRU will go smoke free. …
Proposed
smoking ban on college campuses clears first hurdle
The Southern-March 20, 2013
SPRINGFIELD – A proposal to ban smoking on all state-supported
... Terry Link, D-Waukegan, would require smoking to be entirely banned
on public university ...
Committee
Approves State University Smoking Ban
FOX Illinois-March 20, 2013
This is an extension of the state's smoking ban, which already applies
to public buildings. The bill moving forward at the statehouse bars
students, staff, and ...
New
organization advocates for a smoke-free campus
LSU The Reveille-March 19, 2013
Fresh Campus is partnered with Smoking Words, which is a tobacco education
program on campus that advocates for a smoke-free campus, said Judith
...
President's
tobacco taskforce wants smoke-free campus in 2014
StateHornet.com-March 19, 2013
"For our campus, going tobacco-free and smoke-free (would promote)
a cleaner environment and is pro-health," Kenoyer said. "It's
not only healthy for the ...
Smoking
ban taken to vote
AberdeenNews.com - March 19, 2013
Northern State University students will vote this week whether to ban
smoking from campus, a student representative said Monday at a faculty
senate meeting. Kody Kyriss, a student representative, said voting will
coincide with elections for the student senate positions, which will
begin 8 a.m. Wednesday and end 5 p.m. Friday. The results of the vote,
which will be done electronically, are expected to be tallied quickly,
Kyriss said. The smoking referendum calls for signs to be placed around
Northern declaring the campus smoke free, and disposal bins for cigarettes
would be taken away. If students vote to pass the referendum, it would
then be referred to the faculty and staff for a vote, Kyriss said. That
vote could be as early as next week, he said. If the referendum is passed
by the students, but voted down by faculty and staff, there is some
uncertainty about what would happen next, Kyriss said. ...
Two
Area Colleges Make Dean's List for Tobacco Policy
13WHAM-TV - March 19, 2013
Rochester, N.Y. - Two area colleges are getting top marks in a new report
from the American Cancer Society. The Society’s annual Tobacco
Free U report measures tobacco bans on New York campuses and for the
first time is recognizing individual schools for their rules on tobacco
use and enforcement. …
Campus
to become tobacco-free: Trustees approve smoking ban, plan to raise
FSU’s ranking
Florida Flambeau - March 18, 2013
The Florida State University Board of Trustees on Friday, March 8 reviewed
an updated edition of the University’s proposed measures to bring
FSU into the nation’s Top 25 public universities within the next
five years. But the issue that garnered significant attention at the
meeting was an approved measure to ban the use of all tobacco products
on campus by January 2014. A 'Breath Easy Zone' sign restricts smoking
in certain areas of campus. In 2014, FSU will become the third public
university in Florida to become a tobacco-free ...
Stand
up for a smoke-free campus
The Augusta Chronicle - March 18, 2013
Tobacco use is one of those topics sure to get passionate responses,
both from those for and against it. … No matter which side you
fall on, it’s a fact that across the United States, universities
and health systems are making the choice to create healthy living and
working environments for students, faculty and staff. Ever since Ozarks
Technical Community College in Springfield, Mo., became the nation’s
first smoke-free college campus in 2003, more than 1,100 campuses have
followed suit. The Center for Tobacco Policy foresees that nearly all
college campuses in the United States will be 100 percent smoke-free
in 10 years, according to a CNN report. It’s estimated that more
than 3,500 hospitals, health-care systems and clinics are smoke-free.
… Georgia Regents University kicks off its smoke-free campus campaign
March 20, which is appropriately named Kick Butts Day. Our goal is for
our entire campus to be smoke-free by fall 2013. …
Tobacco-free
push could be beginning of restriction flood
OSU - The Lantern - March 17, 2013
President E. Gordon Gee set a goal to have a Tobacco-free policy in
place on OSU's campus by Aug. 1. In a move worthy of a crafty politician,
Ohio State ...
BCC
campus to become smoke-free
North Adams Transcript - March 15, 2013
PITTSFIELD -- Berkshire Community College's (BCC) Board of Trustees
has unanimously approved an initiative designed to make the campus smoke-free
starting Aug. 1. …
NMSU
could change to tobacco-free campus in 2014
Roundupdaily - March 14, 2013
A bill in the New Mexico Legislature would request public colleges and
universities to implement tobacco-free campus policies. The Tobacco-Free
College Campuses bill or Senate Memorial 63 is scheduled for Senate
Calendar Thursday and is sponsored by Sen. Joseph Cervantes. Since New
Mexico State University is a public university the bill would request
that NMSU implement tobacco-free campus policies effective July 1, 2014.
Susan Wilson, NMSU associate professor of Public Health Sciences, said
there are preliminary stages of developing strategies to implement tobacco-free
policies at NMSU …
KU
student pushing for smoking ban on campus
Lawrence Journal World (blog) - March 14, 2013
Here's something on which I'm guessing some of you have opinions: One
KU student is pushing for KU's Lawrence campus to be completely smoke-free.
Her name is Ashley Hrabe, she's a sophomore from Salina and she's been
involved with the Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition since she was in high
school. …
BGSU
May Implement Smoking Ban
1330 WFIN - March 14, 2013
Smoking on the campus at Bowling Green State University could soon be
a thing of the past. 13ABC reports the University is considering a campus-wide
smoking ban. So far, seven colleges in Ohio are smoke free including
the University of Toledo. Officials on campus are trying to figure out
how to enforce the ban and new policy if put into place and also how
to include area's for smokers. The policy could become reality this
fall.
Parkland
considering tobacco-free campus
Prospectus-March 13, 2013
The first step in figuring out whether or not a tobacco-free campus
would be beneficial to the college was hearing from the students and
faculty themselves. ...
Completely
smoke-free policies don't belong in UWGB
Fourth Estate Newspaper – March 13, 2013
According to The Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, as of Jan.
2, at least 1,129 college and university campuses in the U.S. have adopted
100 percent smoke-free campus policies to eliminate smoking across the
entire campus. According to the ANR, this number has increased by 110
campuses between July 2010 and July 2011. The number rapidly increased
by 599 campuses between July 2011 and January 2013. The ANR expects
this number to continue to climb quickly as a result of the growing
social norm of supporting smoke free environments. Support also comes
from within the academic community for such policies for campus health
and well-being, but it’s not practical to bring the policies to
UW-Green Bay. …
Smoke-free
by 2016
Psuvanguard.com - March 11, 2013
Portland State has accepted the regional Fresh Air Campus Challenge
posed by local, state and federal health authorities. Building on the
campus’ current Clean Air Corridor, the challenge is to eliminate
all smoking on PSU’s campus by 2016. If the ban is implemented,
PSU would join more than 60 other colleges in the Pacific Northwest
with campus-wide smoking bans, including Oregon State University, the
University of Oregon, Oregon Health and Science University and 50 community
colleges statewide. Nationally, 17 percent of all campuses have implemented
anti-smoking policies.
PSU
joins effort to go smoke-free by 2016
OregonLive.com - March 8, 2013
PCC went smoke-free while she attended. Then she visited a friend in
Victoria, B.C., which has strict public smoking restrictions. Then she
moved into a ...
Ohio
State aims to become tobacco-free in 2013
OSU - The Lantern - March 8, 2013
OSU aims to become a tobacco-free campus by August according to a email
from OSU President E. Gordon Gee sent to students, faculty and staff
on March 8.
OSU
Prez Gee Wants Smoke-Free Campus
Fox 28 - March 8, 2013
OSU Prez Gee Wants Smoke-Free Campus ... resolution to the Board of
Trustees in April to request authority to revise the university's current
smoke free policy." ...
Riggs
Backs New Smoking Policy
El Vaquero - March 7, 2013
The battle over whether or not to make Glendale Community College a
non-smoking campus has been brewing since 2010; now Interim Superintendent/President
Jim Riggs is urging not only the campus, but also the district, to become
completely smoke-free. …
UNT
smoking ban effective, despite lax enforcement
Pegasus News - March 6, 2013
DENTON It's been more than two months since UNT became completely
smoke-free. Students, faculty and staff are still adjusting, but despite
a near total lack ...
ASUA
approves funding for Texting While Driving Campaign ...
Arizona Daily Wildcat - March 6, 2013
The Associated Students of the University of Arizona approved funding
for a campaign against texting and driving and declared its support
for a tobacco-free ...
Smoking
ban OK'd for Bidwell Park, AS proposal seeks student input
The Orion (Calif. State U. Chico) - March 6, 2013
Students on campus were asked what they thought about a potential smoking
ban being enforced throughout the California State University system.
Maddi
Buscho: UW-L should make campus smokefree
La Crosse Tribune - March 5, 2013
The plan to make the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse a tobacco-free
campus ... Having a tobacco-free campus would reflect well on the school's
already ...
Faculty
senate talks tobacco-free campus, major, minor revisions
University of Delaware Review - March 5, 2013
The senators also discussed the student government approved tobacco-free
campus motion, as well as admissions for next year's incoming freshman
class. …
Baylor
student senate urges school to go 'smoke-free'
KWKT - March 4, 2013
Baylor's student senate leaders are following a similar smoke-free bill
that was implemented at UT. Baylor's student sentate says eliminating
smoking is not only ...
USenate
proposes banning smoking on M'side campus
Columbia Daily Spectator (Columbia U.) - March 4, 2013
At its latest plenary, the University Senate discussed a proposed resolution
from the Task Force on Smoking Policy, which, if passed, would ban smoking
from the Morningside campus, but is still subject to change.
The
Auditor: Smoking ban proposed for college campuses
NJ.com (blog) - March 3, 2013
Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em. That is, unless you’re
on the campus of a college or university. In that case, don’t smoke
’em. Or chew. Or dip. Assemblywomen Celeste Riley (D-Cumberland)
and Connie Wagner (D-Bergen) have introduced a bill (A3894) that would
ban smoking as well as the use of smokeless tobacco on any campus
indoors or outdoors in “any facility owned, leased, or controlled
by” any public or private higher educational institution. …
KUnited
releases more platform initiatives
The University Daily Kansan - March 3, 2013
KUnited a student senate coalition has released four more platform initiatives
for the 2013 campaign. Brandon Woodard, a senior from Topeka, is KUnited’s
2013 presidential candidate. Blaine Bengtson, a junior from Salina,
is KUnited's 2013 vice-presidential candidate. ….
Berkshire
Community College to go smoke-free August 1
Berkshire Eagle - March 1, 2013
PITTSFIELD -- The Berkshire Community College board of trustees has
unanimously agreed to make the campus smoke-free effective Aug. 1. Following
in the footsteps of other colleges and universities in limiting people’s
exposure to secondhand smoke, BCC students, faculty and staff won’t
be allowed to smoke on BCC property, except for inside their cars. ...
UMass
enacting campus-wide smoking ban on July 1
WWLP 22News – February 28, 2013
(WWLP) - UMass Amherst will soon be a smoke-free campus. Starting July
1, the university joins 1,129 campuses across the country that have
smoking bans. …
PSU
Planning To Be Smoke-Free By 2016 ($$)
Centralia Chronicle - March 1, 2013
Portland State University has already taken steps to reduce tobacco
use on its downtown campus. Now the school is challenging itself to
become entirely smoke-free by 2016. …
UA
Board of Regents releases information about recent meeting
Anchorage Daily News – February 28, 2013
ANCHORAGE -- Students, faculty and staff had the opportunity to testify
to the University of Alaska Board of Regents during a two-day meeting
in Anchorage Feb. 21 and 22. A group of approximately 15 students and
faculty came forward to request smoke free campuses in the UA system,
while many others testified in support of programs and
plans on the board's agenda. The quality of testimony added an element
of personal engagement to an agenda packed with consent items, curriculum
changes, campus planning updates and bond considerations. …
New
policy limits smokers to assigned areas
The Samford Crimson - February 28, 2013
Samford, previously a free-smoking campus, will begin Friday, March
1, to enforce a policy that will limit smokers to designated areas on
campus. …
Student
Health Advocacy Committee asks ASUA to support Tobacco-Free Initiative
Arizona Daily Wildcat (blog) - February 28, 2013
The ASUA Senate discussed the possibility of turning the UA into a tobacco-free
campus at its weekly meeting Wednesday night. … Its most recent
project is the Tobacco-Free Initiative, which would ban the use of ...
Currently, the UA Health Sciences Center campus is tobacco-free and
SHAC ...
Smoking
Forum Draws Few at Kent State
Patch.org - Feb 27, 2013
Tobacco-free campus committee asking public for input; series of public
meetings planned at all 8 campuses ...
WSU
ban on smoking gaining supporters
StandardNet-February 27, 2013
The original proposal banned smoking anywhere on campus. ... The Student
Senate researched smoking bans on campuses across the country, and the
...
Northern
State students seeking campus smoking ban
San Francisco Chronicle - February 26, 2013
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) Students at Northern State University in Aberdeen
have begun collecting signatures to bring a smoking ban to a campus-wide
vote. …
NSU
students petition to ban smoking on campus
AberdeenNews.com – February 26, 2013
Northern State University students have collected about one-third of
the signatures needed to bringing a smoking issue to a campuswide vote.
The Northern State University's Student Association collected 60-70
of the 200 student signatures needed to push the referendum to a campuswide
vote, said Kody Kyriss, president of the association, at the university's
faculty senate meeting Monday. There were 3,622 students enrolled at
the university in the fall, according to university …
Northern
State University students want campus smoking ban
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - February 26, 2013
ABERDEEN Students at Northern State University in Aberdeen have
begun collecting signatures to bring a smoking ban to a campus-wide
vote. The college's ...
Kent
State Smoking Ban Topic of Public Meetings
Kent (OH) Patch.com - February 26, 2013
Kent State University administrators will hold the first of several
public meetings today to talk about the idea of banning smoking completely
on all eight campuses. …
UA
smoking ban debate founded on falsehoods
The University of Alabama Crimson White - February 26, 2013
It seems two of the most cited statistics in the smoking ban debate
are the percentage of UA smokers climbs from 6 percent freshman year
to 16 percent senior year, and 58 percent of students support a campuswide
smoking ban. If true and correctly obtained, these statistics, which
were collected in a Health and Wellness Survey last spring, are telling.
However, a quick look into this survey reveals they were not correctly
obtained and as a result, are certainly not an accurate representation
of student opinion. …
Smoke-free
campus initiative excessive, unnecessary
University of Delaware Review - February 25, 2013
The Student Government Association's smoking ban proposal spurs an interesting
... However, banning smoking from the entire campus is a little overambitious.
... get nauseous from the scent of it, should barbeques be banned from
campus?
Students
unsure if UMaine tobacco free initiative working
The Maine Campus - February 25, 2013
With the University of Maine’s Tobacco-Free Campus Initiative turning
two years old in January, students on the University of Maine campus
feel that they see less smoking around campus, but the program is not
working. …
Lights
out: Campus smoking ban
UT The Daily Texan - February 25, 2013
Editor’s note: On Friday, March 1, UT will become a 100 percent
smoke-free campus. Some 15 signs currently designating smoking areas
will have been removed by then. Below, Daily Texan columnists Roy Cathey
and Zachary Adams take opposing stances on the smoking ban.
UW-L
considering tobacco ban
La Crosse Tribune - February 23, 2013
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is considering whether to ban
tobacco use on campus. … Western Technical College already restricts
the use of tobacco products on its campuses. Viterbo University requires
students to smoke in designated areas. …
E-cigarettes
not allowed indoors at WSU
The WSU Sign Post - February 23, 2013
Throughout campus, students, faculty and staff can be seen smoking not
just cigarettes, but electronic cigarettes. Unlike normal cigarettes,
some people will smoke the e-cigarettes indoors, which is against Weber
State University school policy. “Electronic cigarettes came into
being a few years ago,” said Bill Fruth, the director of the Shepherd
Union Building. “We had to figure out what other schools ...
Smoking
zones policy passes in faculty senate
The WSU Sign Post - February 22, 2013
Students who take a smoke break between classes might have to congregate
in specific areas, according to a new smoke-free zone policy recommended
in ...
Campus
to go tobacco-free?
Manitou Messenger - February 21, 2013
… On Tuesday, Feb. 12, the Student Government Association (SGA)
Senate passed a proposal 20 to 6 to place a referendum gauging students’
support for a tobacco-free campus on the SGA Spring Election ballot.
…
Administrators
banning use of tobacco would only be self-serving ...
The University of Alabama Crimson White - February 21, 2013
Additionally, the science they use behind the secondhand smoke exposure
is misleading. ... already toxic fumes, which we make very little effort
to monitor or restrict. ... have enacted bans on smoking have little
success at restricting the activity, ...
Tobacco-free
bill still smoldering
Daily Eastern News - February 20, 2013
The seven Eastern students who voiced their opinion at the tobacco-free
forum spoke against a complete ban on tobacco on campus on Wednesday.
The Student Senate members hosted an open forum to discuss the proposal
to prohibit the use of tobacco on campus. …
Resident
Hall Association seeks input on campus-wide smoking ban
Diamondback Online - February 19, 2013
“The main purpose of the town halls is not to have people complain
about the smoking ban, because that's already been decided it's
going to happen,” Singh ...
Education
better than ban
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian - February 19, 2013
... health education, warning labels on cigarettes, bans on smoking
indoors and ... Banning all tobacco products on campus is a terrible
idea, it's unenforceable ... The sentiment that the smoking ban is founded
on is noble. ... Chewing gum was not banned; the faculty just asked
people to stop putting gum in water fountains.
Put
It Out, please: UMSL's tobacco-free campaign to focus on polite ...
UMSL Daily (blog) - February 18, 2013
It started with an email. Signage and University of Missouri–St.
Louis student volunteers passing out nicotine gum soon followed. Now,
in its third stage, the UMSL Seriously Tobacco-Free campaign gets personal
with Put It Out Day on Thursday (Feb. 21). Faculty, staff and students
are encouraged to ask – politely – at least one smoker to
put out his or her cigarette. "The tobacco-free policy was initiated
by students and approved by student, faculty and staff governing bodies,"
said Ron Gossen, chief marketing officer at UMSL. "Now faculty,
staff and students can collectively take ownership Thursday over implementing
the policy they approved." …
Daytona
State to reconsider tobacco policy
Daytona Beach (FL) News-Journal - Feb 15, 2013
Daytona State College's board of trustees plans to revist whether to
make its campuses smoke-free. The board will vote on the tobacco issue
next month after previously turning down such a policy last year despite
recommendations from the president, ...
Town
Hall Meetings Set to Discuss Tobacco-Free University
Kent State University - Feb 15, 2013
Kent State faculty, staff and students can have their say on the university
becoming a tobacco-free campus. Town hall meetings are scheduled to
hold on Kent and Regional campuses ...
PETRONIS:
Health Controversy: Should College Campuses Be Entirely Smoke-Free?
Glamour - Feb 15, 2013
And honestly, I was momentarily surprised that more campuses aren't
tobacco-free--mostly because it seems like there aren't that many places
that still do allow smoking, you know what I mean?
Smoke-
free campus debate moves to Faculty Senate
News@Northeastern - February 14, 2013
Terry Fulmer, the dean of the Bouve College of Health Sciences, is co-chair
of a committee exploring the possibility of Northeastern becoming a
smoke-free ...
UT
approves designated 'smoking zones'
Tampa Bay Wake Up Call, Tampa Bay Business Journal - February 14, 2013
The University of Tampa has passed a new smoking policy that designates
restricted zones on campus where people can smoke beginning in August.
The four-year-long student initiative received …
Benefits
from smoking ban
Renegade Rip-February 13, 2013
As a student who dislikes smoking, when I heard about the vote on whether
they will make the Bakersfield College a smoking free or smoking designated
...
VOICES:
Should the campus be entirely smoke-free?
PCC Courier - February 13, 2013
The campus should not be made smoke free.” Calvin Chacon, undecided.
3. “Stricter rules should be applied because there are people who
don't want to have ...
Can
UC Irvine Go Smoke Free?
New University Online - February 12, 2013
A couple of months ago, the UC Office of the President made an official
statement about a policy proposal for every UC to go smoke-free by 2014.
A committee ...
Smoking
should not be banned
Retriever - February 11, 2013
Less smoke is good for campus health, but it is not worth the price
of restricting liberties. We don’t ban every activity that harms
bystanders, and banning smoking is morally questionable. However, UMBC
is extremely fortunate, and may be able to mitigate the unintended consequences
of a total ban by choosing how the ban is implemented. …
Ball
State may ban outdoor smoking on campus
Indianapolis Star - February 9, 2013
MUNCIE -- In 1993, Ball State University banned smoking in residence
halls. In 1998, smoking was eliminated from all buildings. In 2004,
smoking was banned within 30 feet of the entrances ...
Univ.
of Alabama opens conversation about no smoking ban
WBRC - February 8, 2013
TUSCALOOSA, AL (WBRC) - Thursday in Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama
community talked about what campus life would be like with a no smoking
ban.
…
SGA
wants to restrict where smokers light up
Setonian - February 7, 2013
The SGA's Student Life Committee that is set on Monday to propose a
piece of legislation which will alter Seton Hall's smoking policy on
Monday, Feb. 11. …
CU-Boulder
makes smoking ban official, will create designated smoking areas
Ban begins with educational phase, goes into effect Aug. 19
Daily Camera – February 6, 2013
Chancellor Phil DiStefano signed the University of Colorado's no-smoking
policy Wednesday, making the school the second in the Pac-12 with such
a ban. … There are now roughly 1,130 college campuses across the
country that are smoke-free with no exemptions, according to the American
Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, a California-based group. A majority
are smaller or mid-sized campuses. But momentum is building, said Liz
Williams, a project manager for the foundation. "I think the reason
some larger schools may not have implemented smoke- or tobacco-free
policies is because it takes longer to consider and adopt policy changes,"
she said. …
Smoke-free
campus being considered
Pasadena City College Courier - February 6, 2013
The Health and Safety committee is working toward a proposal to have
the college become a smoke free campus. …
GRU's
Summerville campus going tobacco-free in the fall
WRDW-TV - February 6, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- You can see the signs in the windows. They say
"No smoking within 25 feet," but those restrictions are about
to get stricter. In a matter of months, the Summerville campus students
won't be able to smoke at all. "I want to transfer," blurted
out student Miguel Cruz when he found out his campus is going tobacco-free.
It's a drastic response to what some students are calling a drastic
change to Georgia Regents University's Summerville campus rules. …
UMSL
students take action to promote tobacco-free campus
UMSL Daily (blog) - February 5, 2013
The University of Missouri–St. Louis fired up the second week of
its UMSL Seriously Tobacco-Free campaign on Monday, and administrators
weren’t the only ones taking the university’s tobacco-free
policy seriously. Volunteer students handed out fliers with tobacco
facts, cessation resource information and copies of the university policy
during high-traffic hours in the Quadrangle on North Campus. …
Northeastern
moves to make campus smoke-free
Boston.com - February 4, 2013
A move to make Northeastern University smoke-free is stirring controversy
on campus around issues of civil rights and questions of enforceability.
University ...
No
ifs, ands or cigarette butts: MIZZOU smoke-free policy prompts ...
UMKC University News - February 4, 2013
The implementation of the smoke-free policy at Mizzou was originally
intended for January 2014. After a proposal was presented during a joint
session between ...
Will
smoking be banned at N.C. community colleges?
Morning Report, The Business Journal – February 4, 2013
North Carolina lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban smoking
on community college campuses. The bill did not originate from the community
college system, and college officials have stayed …
Smoking
policy updated
East Tennessean - February 4, 2013
East Tennessee State University passed a policy Aug. 11, 2008, making
its campus tobacco free. The smoking policy excluded smoking and all
other tobacco usage except if only used in the privacy of individuals’
vehicles. The policy was applied to all university buildings; grounds;
ETSU-affiliated, off-campus locations; clinics; any buildings owned,
leased and/or rented by ETSU in all other areas; and all ETSU facilities
located on the campus of the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical
Center at Mountain Home.
On Dec. 6, 2012, the ETSU Tobacco-Free Policy Implementation and Compliance
Task Group issued a final report updating the smoking policy. …
After reviewing these other institutions’ policies the task force
developed recommendations in the areas of marketing and awareness, enforcement
and compliance, measurement of program success/failure and educational
resources/cessation. …
Smokers
need designated areas
East Tennessean - February 3, 2013
So, the “smoking ban” is once again making its rounds through
the student ... but nobody in their right mind would restrict your choice
to do so if you want to (I ...
CU
Boulder Joins Pearl Street With Smoking Ban
KUNC - February 2, 2013
This will be the first full week of a campus wide smoking ban at the
University of Colorado. Administrators say it will be enforced through
education and ...
CU's
smoking ban could affect students' daily habits
cuindependent - February 1, 2013
Although smoking cigarettes negatively impacts a person's health, many
students partake in the addictive activity regularly. CU strives for
a healthy campus, but ...
Soon,
no smoking on community college campuses in N.C.? ($$)
Triangle BizBlog, Triangle Business Journal – February 1, 2013
State lawmakers introduced a bill that would ban smoking on all community
college campuses. The bill did not originate from the community college
system, and college officials have stayed mostly …
CU-Boulder
student leaders concerned about lack of student feedback on campus smoking
decision
Colorado Daily - February 1, 2013
The University of Colorado Student Government expressed concerns about
the lack of student opinion included in a campus-wide smoking ban, which
university officials said will be approved early next week. University
officials originally said Chancellor Phil DiStefano would sign the policy
by Friday, however university spokesman Bronson Hilliard said Thursday
night that the chancellor would sign the ban when he returns from travel
next week. …
Smoking
Banned on Campus (Includes interview and first-hand ...
DigitalJournal.com - February 1, 2013
The start of a new year may be the start of a new resolution for Marymount
College students. As of Jan. 1, 2013, Marymount College in Rancho Palos
Verdes, Calif., has been declared a smoke-free campus. …
Northeastern
Drags Students Into the Conversation: Should the Campus Go Smoke-Free?
BostInno (blog) - February 1, 2013
Northeastern assembled a committee comprised of students, staff and
faculty last month to explore the possibility of implementing a smoke-free
campus policy. The news was met with mixed emotions. …
Smoke-free
campus, concealed carry to appear on SGA ballot
The Daily Toreador (registration) - February 1, 2013
On February 27 and 28, students at Texas Tech will vote for more than
just positions in the executive and legislative branches of the Student
Government Association. During Thursday’s meeting, senators passed
two resolutions that will place a referendum on the upcoming election
ballot. The first resolution, Senate Concurrent Resolution 48.11, passed
with 98 percent of the votes. According to the bill, the referendum
will be put on the ballot to gather opinions of the students about becoming
a tobacco-free or smoke-free campus. …
Initial
Smoking Ban vote passed
(Bakersfield College) Renegade Rip - January 30, 2013
According to Nick Acosta, the preliminary numbers for the vote on the
smoking ban is favoring toward a 100 percent tobacco free campus. These
are not final numbers, the final numbers will be updated as soon as
they are recieved. …
Campus
adjusts to USD smoking ban
USD Volante Online-January 30, 2013
According to Student Government Association President Alissa VanMeeteren,
SGA is pleased with the way the smoking ban has been doing during its
initial ...
COLUMN:
PRO: USD finally moving forward
USD Volante Online-January 30, 2013
The smoking ban, almost a surprisingly irrelevant topic for most, has
not received a notable amount of attention from the student body. Perhaps
society has just ...
COLUMN:
CON: Smoking is an adult choice
USD Volante Online-January 30, 2013
The smoking ban is not necessarily new to anyone; the campus has been
... But was the issue of smoking so pertinent that the entire campus
be banned from it?
University
pursues smoke-free campus
BG News-January 30, 2013
It may not be long until students are prohibited from smoking everywhere
on campus, as the University is moving forward with the creation of
a smoke-free or ...
Open
forum continues discussion on smoke-​​free
campus initiative
News@Northeastern-January 30, 2013
... the Northeastern law student chapter of Students for a Sensible
Drug Policy, speaks at a forum on the university's exploration of a
smoke-free campus policy.
Butt
out: Resolution will create tobacco-free task force
UMKC University News-January 29, 2013
Amy Johnson, a senior biology major and the Student Representative to
the University of Missouri Board of Curators, is spearheading the tobacco-free
efforts.
OU
takes time to adjust to new campus-wide smoking ban
Oklahoma Daily - January 29, 2013
The OU Police Department has received 25 complaints of violations of
the on-campus smoking ban, OUPD spokesman Lt. Bruce Chan said. …
Boulder
campus goes smoke-free by end of the week
cuindependent-by Alison Noon - January 28, 2013
The university known for an annual 4/20 smokeout will become smoke-free
this week. Chancellor Philip DiStefano is signing a policy banning smoking
on the CU Boulder campus on or before Friday, according to university
officials. …
ICC
celebrates 5 years of tobacco free campus
Herald Review - January 28, 2013
The Itasca Community Colleges Student Ambassadors will be hosting a
5 year celebration of the college's Tobacco Free Campus Policy with
cake and games ...
UMSL
fires up campaign to maintain tobacco-free campus
UMSL Daily (blog) - January 28, 2013
In an effort to help students, faculty and staff kick their tobacco
habits and maintain a tobacco-free campus, the University of Missouri–St.
Louis launched UMSL ...
University
Senate considers future smoking restriction at town hall ...
CU Columbia Spectator-Jan 25, 2013
More than two years after the University Senate passed a ban on smoking
... the town hall, said that restricting smoking to certain areas would
be unrealistic.
SIU
may go smoke free
KFVS-Jan 25, 2013
Southern Illinois University may soon go smoke free. Students and faculty
have formed a committee for a smoke-free campus. Chancellor Rita Cheng
says the ...
No
more smokers on campus starting in March
The Daily Texan (Univ. of Texas at Austin) - Jan 25, 2013
The University will remove temporary smoking locations next month to
become a fully tobacco-free campus but will continue to enforce the
policy without fining violators. Starting March 1, smoking tobacco will
no longer be allowed at the 15 temporary loc
As
UT bans smoking on campus, it continues to benefit from tobacco investments
The Daily Texan (Univ. of Texas at Austin) - Jan 25, 2013
The University of Texas Investment Management Company, or UTIMCO, is
a nonprofit corporation created by the UT System to oversee UT and Texas
A&M systems' investments.
Smoke-free
hiring policies becoming more popular
The University of Alabama Crimson White - January 24, 2013
Significant changes to The University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine's
hiring polices of tobacco users are affecting The University of Alabama
and local ...
GRU
Campus Set to Go Tobacco Free This Fall
WJBF-TV-Jan 23, 2013
It's been just a little more than 2 weeks since Augusta's new U officially
became Georgia Regents University. Besides the new name, the consolidation
also ...
UK
Promotes Tobacco-Free Policy With Community Report Line
weku-Jan 23, 2013
The University of Kentucky promotes compliance and enforcement of its
tobacco-free policy through a community report line, among many other
measures.
USD
Students Getting Used To Smoking Ban
KELOLAND TV-Jan 23, 2013
USD Students Getting Used To Smoking Ban. By Kellee Azar Published:
... Going smoke-free is a movement taking the nation by storm. Many
restaurants, cities ...
Ole
Miss starts writing fines for smoking ban
Themississippilink - January 22, 2013
After several years of limiting smoking to designated outdoor areas,
Ole Miss officials last August banned all smoking on university property.
The smoke-free policy ... Smokers haven't given up hope overturning
the ban. Kathleen Henry, an ...
C
of C students back 'tobacco-free' campus, but faculty members ...
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - January 21, 2013
File/ Staff The College of Carleston's Student Government Association
last week voted 14-8 in support of a resolution to make the campus “tobacco-free.”
...
Students
back no smoking
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - January 21, 2013
Another piece of the Charleston peninsula could go smoke-free if College
of Charleston students get their way. The school's Student Government
Association last week voted 14-8 in support of a …
What
tobacco free means for NKU
NKU The Northerner Online - January 17, 2013
The Board of Regents voted in favor of a tobacco-free policy that will
take effect in 12-18 months, according to President Geoff Mearns. …
Texas
Tech's Campus May Go Smoke-Free
EverythingLubbock.com - January 17, 2013
Texas Tech students returned to school Wednesday, some of them with
cigarettes in hand, but smoking on campus could soon be a thing of the
past. …
Ole
Miss not alone in smoking ban
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - January 17, 2013
The University of Mississippi’s smoking ban went into effect in
August, but only this month have officials started enforcing it with
$25 fines. As the Ole Miss policy moves from the warning to the stepped-up
enforcement phase, the university joins three other Southeastern Conference
schools that have adopted campus-wide smoking bans. They are Arkansas,
Florida and Kentucky. …
SG
Resumes Contentious Smoking Ban Debate
The News Record - January 16, 2013
The University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Student Government passed
a bill to reform the university’s smoking policy Wednesday. The
Student Rights and Interest committee plans to survey students to better
understand the student body’s opinion on the smoking policy. “The
best thing we can do is to try to find a solution that will appease
all students,” said Rudy Sunders, DAAP tribunal senator. Northern
Kentucky University recently became a tobacco-free campus Jan. 9. With
other universities in the area discussing reformation to its policies,
SG wants to keep UC ahead of the curve. …
C
of C smoking ban stalled by Faculty Senate
Live 5 News - January 16, 2013
CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC)- A potential smoking ban at the College of ...
The smoking ban passed in the Student Senate, with a vote of 14 to 8,
but the Faculty ...
TAMUG
restricts smoking on campus
Daily News - Galveston County-January 16, 2013
GALVESTON — Texas A&M Universityy at Galveston implemented
a policy Tuesday that greatly restricts where students, staff, faculty
and visitors can light up ...
Smoke-free
campus subject of SGA town hall meetings
The Daily Toreador (registration)-January 15, 2013
Study-time smoke breaks and in-class tobacco dipping may become an old
habit for students , faculty and staff on Texas Tech's campus. That
is, if a majority of ...
Split
decision with regard to a tobacco-free campus
Cistern Yard-January 15, 2013
Students line up in the Stern Center Ballroom to show their opposition
toward a SGA resolution in favor of a tobacco-free campus. While SGA
voted for the ...
University
of South Dakota now smoke-free
Daily Republic-January 15, 2013
The school announced in September that the USD Executive Committee voted
to ban smoking on campus effective Jan. 9. The USD's Student Government
had ...
One
puff away from a "smoke-free" campus
Griffon News-January 15, 2013
He said all universities that implement a smoke-free policy are going
to have issues ."This is why we have a task force in place. We
have a plan to deal with the ...
Students
return to smoke-free campus
Denton Record Chronicle - January 14, 2013
University of North Texas students won’t be able to smoke on campus
this semester. As of Jan. 1, UNT went smoke free. …
OU:
No fines issued since smoking ban took effect
Beaumont Enterprise - January 14, 2013
The University of Oklahoma says no one has been fined since the campus
banned smoking six months ago. …
Campus
ban on smoking is working, OU officials say
Tulsa World - January 14, 2013
NORMAN In the six months since a campuswide smoking ban took effect
at the University of Oklahoma, no one has been fined for smoking on
campus. …
No
Fines Issued Since Smoking Ban Took Effect
KOKH FOX25 - January 14, 2013
No Fines Issued Since Smoking Ban Took Effect ... The University of
Oklahoma says no one has been fined since the campus banned smoking
six months ago.
Butler
Community College considers smoking ban
Wichita Business Journal (blog) - January 14, 2013
…Butler already bans smoking inside or within 25 feet of campus
buildings. ... moves forward, it will be the largest college in Kansas
to ban smoking campus-wide.
Campus
officials say smoke free is the way to be
Central Florida Future - January 14, 2013
The smoke-free campus policy issued in the fall 2012 semester has been
effective in some parts of campus but not without setbacks. …
In
support of a tobacco-free campus
Cistern Yard - January 12, 2013
I support a tobacco-free campus for what it will provide long-term,
which is make the College of Charleston a healthier, cleaner and all-around
more productive place to live and learn. … MUSC is one of over
1,130 institutions of higher education in the United States that has
adopted smoke or tobacco-free campus policies. …
Trustees
hear about tobacco-free policy
El Dorado Times - January 11, 2013
For the past three months, a group of faculty, staff and students have
been meeting every other week in an effort to create a tobacco-free
policy for Butler Community College. …
Lights
Out In Vermillion: USD Smoking Ban Now In Effect
KMEG 14-January 11, 2013
The ban was requested by students, and while a lot of them say the ban
is a good thing overall, it might be hard for smokers to go along with.
"It will be a huge ...
USD
Issues Campus-Wide Smoke Ban
KDLT News - January 10, 2013
It’s a brand new year for the Coyotes at the University of South
Dakota, and with a new year comes new policies. However, there’s
one in particular that not only affects the students, faculty, and staff,
but anyone who may step foot on campus. For years, smoking has only
been prohibited indoors and within 25 feet of all buildings; but this
new campus-wide ban went into effect Wednesday, January 9. …
Texas
Tech student government to hear views on tobacco-, smoke ...
LubbockOnline.com - January 10, 2013
SGA will hear opinions on becoming a tobacco-free or smoke-free campus,
said Katherine Lindley, graduate senator. Current Texas Tech University
students, ...
More
than cigarettes will be banned at NKU
Cincinnati.com - January 9, 2013
… Those will include electronic cigarettes that deliver nicotine,
chewing tobacco and “snus,” small smokeless tobacco packets
tucked into between the lip and gum. …
NKU
regents move toward tobacco-free policy
Bowling Green Daily News - January 9, 2013
Northern Kentucky University has taken a step toward becoming tobacco-free.
The board of regents voted unanimously Wednesday to direct adoption
of a tobacco-free campus policy. The school said in a news release the
action authorizes university President Geoffrey Mearns to develop policy
details and appoint a task force for the transition and implementation.
The school said the process could take up to 18 months and is expected
to include students, faculty, staff and visitors. …
Northern
Kentucky University could soon go tobacco-free
kypost.com - January 9, 2013
Sixty-nine percent were either in favor of the tobacco-free policy or
had no opposition to the policy. ... The tobacco-free campus would take
a year to implement. …
Breathe
Easy, At Least On-Campus
dailyRx - January 8, 2013
…Yvon Fils-Aime, MD, tobacco health educator in the Department
of Health Services, and William V. Lechner, MS, from the Department
of Psychology, at Oklahoma State University, worked with a team to track
the changes in smoking on college campuses in recent years. For the
study, 4,947 college undergraduates attending a large Midwestern university
between 2007-2010 filled out surveys concerning attitudes and habits
towards smoking. Surveys were completed at the start of the study and
another three times through 2010. Tobacco use was banned on the campus
in 2008. Tobacco cessation information and assistance services were
made available to all students at this time.
Surveys asked questions about secondhand smoke exposure, preferences
about smoke-free environments and enforcement policies and beliefs about
smoking. The number of nonsmokers increased from 74 percent in 2007
steadily to 82 percent in 2010. …
Ole
Miss starts writing fines for smoking ban
WAPT Jackson - January 7, 2013
After several years of limiting smoking to designated outdoor areas,
Ole Miss officials last August banned all smoking on university property.
The smoke-free policy ... Smokers haven't given up hope of overturning
the ban. Kathleen Henry, an ...
HCC
Campuses Go Tobacco-Free
Patch.org - January 6, 2013
With the new year all Hillsborough Community College campuses have become
tobacco-free, which means if you want to light up a smoke, you'll have
to do it outside campus boundaries. ...
Colleges
recognized for smoke-free effort
Morning Sentinel - January 4, 2013
BANGOR -- The Maine Tobacco-Free College Network recently held an awards
... The event featured the announcement of the 2012 Maine Tobacco-Free
...
SUNY
Cortland campus now smoke free
CNYcentral.com - January 2, 2013
SUNY Cortland is now tobacco free. Under a new order that requires all
SUNY campuses to be smoke free by 2014, Cortland is the first to implement
the ruling. Tobacco products are now banned ...
Our
View: No tobacco at Snead State an excellent step
Sand Mountain (AL) Reporter - January 1, 2013
Snead State Community College President Robert Exley and the college’s
President’s Cabinet are to be commended for making the campus tobacco
free beginning Jan. 2. … Institutes of education are supposed to
change lives for the better. This new policy will improve some lives
and will likely save others....
Snead
State starts the new year as a tobacco-free campus
Sand Mountain (AL) Reporter - December 31, 2012
BOAZ – Snead State Community College will be implementing a new
tobacco-free campus policy on Jan. 2. “This is something we’ve
considered for quite some time at the request of both students and employees.
Our student leaders and some faculty ...
Green
River Campuses Tobacco-Free in 2013
Enumclaw (WA) Patch.org - December 31, 2012
Green River Community College’s ban on tobacco goes into effect
on New Year’s Day, a college news release said today. The new policy
means that the use of any tobacco products including cigarettes and
e-cigarettes, cigars or pipes, and smokeless or chew ...
West
Liberty's campus going tobacco-free Jan. 1
AP - Associated Press - December 26, 2012
West Liberty University is joining a national trend at the start of
the new year: On Jan. 1, it becomes a tobacco-free campus. ...
W.Va.
colleges, universities consider tobacco bans
Charleston (WV) Gazette - December 26, 2012
West Liberty University in the state's Northern Panhandle is the latest
school to join a nationwide trend of tobacco-free college campuses,
with plans to enforce a smoking ban next week. The Ohio County-based
university will prohibit the use of tobacco ...
OU’s
Tobacco-Free Task Force to survey usage on campus
The Post Online (Ohio University) - December 24, 2012
Though the future of tobacco is still hazy on Ohio University’s
campus, some Miami RedHawks think their ban flew the coop with their
campus’ lack of enforcement of the policy. ...
Journal
of American College Health releases Tobacco Issue
News-Medical.net – December 18, 2012
Routledge is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 60, Issue
7, 2012 - the Tobacco Issue -- from Journal of American College Health
(JACH). Compiled by the three Executive Editors of the JACH with an
editorial from Reginald Fennell, PhD, MCHES, FACHA, NREMT-P, this special
edition focuses on the ongoing national effort to make collegiate campuses
in the United States tobacco free, while assessing how policies are
being implemented. … There are over 825 campuses that have a 100
percent tobacco free policy with no exemptions, according to the American
Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation. …
The
latest ban on campus
Examiner.com – December 17, 2012
…American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation (ANRF) has compiled a
list of schools with Smoke-free and Tobacco-Free Policies. To achieve
the 100% tobacco-free ...
Cal
State Long Beach students to vote on campus smoking ban
Long Beach Press-Telegram - December 15, 2012
Cal State Long Beach's Associated Students Inc. Senate this month approved
a referendum for the March ballot asking students to vote on whether
to change the university's policy to prohibit all smoking on campus.
President F. King Alexander must give final approval for any changes
to the policy, but a student vote in favor of banning smoking would
send a strong message to the university. … As of October, at least
826 colleges in the nation had adopted smoke-free campus policies that
eliminate smoking in indoor and outdoor areas, according to the nonprofit
group Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights. The number has nearly doubled
from 420 in 2010. …
Snead
State campus to go tobacco-free in 2013
Gadsden Times - December 15, 2012
Snead State Community College will be implementing a new tobacco-free
campus policy on Jan. 2. …
Paul
Smith's to go tobacco-free
Plattsburgh Press Republican - December 14, 2012
PAUL SMITHS As of Aug. 1, 2014, Paul Smith’s College will
go tobacco-free. … Paul Smith’s will be joining 825 other
campuses that have banned smoking a figure that includes more
than 600 that have gone completely tobacco-free or have announced plans
to do so, according to the group Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights.
HCC
Goes Tobacco Free
SurfKY News - December 13, 2012
HOPKINSVILLE, KY (12/13/12) – Hopkinsville Community College (HCC)
will join the growing list of U.S. colleges and universities to adopt
a tobacco-free campus policy, effective Jan. 1, 2013. … According
to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation (ANRF), there are
smoke-free colleges and universities in virtually every state. Nationwide,
over 600 colleges and universities have tobacco-free policies. As of
October 2012, the ANRF has 12 Kentucky colleges listed as having smoke
or tobacco-free policies. The ANRF’s state-by-state listing can
be found at www.no-smoke.org/pdf/smokefreecollegesuniversities.pdf.
…
Tobacco-free
campus proposal rejected
Daily Mining Gazette - December 13, 2012
HOUGHTON - The results of Michigan Technological University's Senate
referendum concerning a tobacco-free campus are in, and a majority of
faculty and staff disagree with the university administration's current
plans to move toward a tobacco-free campus. ...
VSA
to solicit opinions on smoking ban
The Miscellany News - December 12, 2012
Though previously Vassar has largely resorted to student opinion when
it came to the question of implementing a smoking ban, the Vassar Student
Association (VSA) is now turning to more empirical evidence before any
final decisions can be made. …
A
Survey Will Help UCR Clear the Air About Tobacco Use
HealthCanal.com - December 12, 2012
Beginning Jan. 2, 2014, UCR will be a smoke-free campus. All UC property
will be designated as smoke/tobacco-free as of Jan. 2, 2014, part of
a systemwide effort to make campuses safer and healthier. …
Paul
Smith's College will go tobacco-free in 2014
ReadMedia (press release) - December 12, 2012
PAUL SMITHS, NY (12/12/2012)(readMedia)-- Paul Smith's College will
become tobacco-free as of August 1, 2014, college President John W.
Mills announced ... Paul Smith's is joining 825 other campuses that
have banned smoking – a figure that includes more than 600 that
have gone tobacco-free or have announced plans to do so, according to
the group Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights. …
Column:
Smoke-free effort at NSU questionable
AberdeenNews.com - December 12, 2012
Abraham Lincoln did not regard himself as a handsome man. Once he met
a woman on horseback and paused to let her pass. She halted her mount
and ... Some folks at Northern State University apparently want the
campus to be declared smoke free. Smoking is currently prohibited inside
all campus facilities and within 50 feet of any building. …
No
more butts about it: USD smoking ban looms
USD Volante Online - December 12, 2012
… Joining the ranks of approximately 826 other colleges and universities
in the U.S., the University of South Dakota’s smoke-free campus
policy will be out in full force Jan. 9 posters, decals and all.
…
Smoking
banned on Oakland campus starting fall 2013
Royal Oak Daily Tribune - December 10, 2012
Smokers at Oakland University will have to stomp out their butts when
they return to classes in fall 2013. ...
Students
have mixed feelings about campus-wide smoking ban
Daily 49er - December 9, 2012
The fate of smoking on Cal State Long Beach's campus is now in the hands
of the student body after the Associated Students Inc. Senate passed
a resolution to ...
CU-Boulder:
Student government's opposition won't snuff smoking ban
Daily Camera - December 8, 2012
University of Colorado officials still will move forward with plans
for a campus-wide smoking or tobacco ban, despite student leaders' opposition.
CU's student ...
Campus
should be aware of pros, cons of potential smoking ban
Advance Titan - December 7, 2012
… More than 800 colleges have banned smoking on campus property,
according to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation. According to
a article entitled ...
CU-Boulder
student leaders reject campus smoking ban
Denver Post - December 7, 2012
University of Colorado student leaders Thursday night decided against
supporting plans for a tobacco-free campus. The student government voted
down a resolution that would have supported the administration's plan
for CU to join the majority of other schools in the Pac-12 that have
tobacco-free campuses. The measure failed 6-8. Ultimately, the campus
could still ban tobacco, but university leaders wanted direction from
students. …
Mississippi
Gulf Coast Community College going smoke-free, litter-free
SunHerald.com - December 7, 2012
GULFPORT -- Beginning in January, students and employees at Mississippi
Gulf Coast Community College won't be able to smoke or use tobacco products
on any campus. …
University
of Southern Maine students protest campus tobacco ban
Bangor Daily News - December 5, 2012
… USM is among more than 800 schools that have banned smoking
on campus, according to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation.
…
Northeastern
to explore smoke- free campus
News@Northeastern - December 5, 2012
Northeastern has convened a committee comprised
of students, faculty and staff to explore the possibility
of implementing a smoke-free campus policy. …
Area
colleges consider total smoking bans
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - December 5, 2012
… Virtually all of the colleges in the Rochester area have some
kind of restrictions on smoking, but several are exploring the notion
of expanding their bans to their entire campus. At Nazareth College
on Tuesday morning, Patterson spoke to a group of local educators and
policymakers about the benefits and challenges that come
with a tobacco-free campus. …
Smoking
ban needs clearer vision, focus
USD Volante Online - December 5, 2012
A campus-wide smoking ban goes into effect a little over a month from
now. Much has been said and written on this subject ever since the ban
was made official earlier this semester. Last week, a forum was held
detailing the ban. This forum was intended to inform students of what
this new ban will entail, but essentially gave every indication that
this ban is ultimately destined to do nothing. …
In
our opinion: NSU smoking ban worth considering
AberdeenNews.com - December 4, 2012
In our opinion: NSU smoking ban worth considering ... We are encouraged
by NSU student representatives showing an interest in banning smoking
on campus. ... college campuses around the country have banned smoking
anywhere on ... These bans are coming from states, business owners and
government employers. …
Framingham
State University aims to be tobacco-free by next year
MetroWest Daily News - December 4, 2012
FRAMINGHAM Following the lead of hundreds of other campuses across
the country, Framingham State University plans to be tobacco-free by
next year, according to school officials. But the details of that campus-wide
ban on cigarettes, chewing tobacco and similar products are still up
in the air, as an ad hoc committee responsible for developing the policy
introduces its preliminary draft to students and staff. …
Campus-wide
smoking ban passed
Oaklandpostonline - December 4, 2012
A policy to ban smoking on campus was recently approved by Oakland University
administration, according to Robbie Williford, vice president of OU
Student ...
Students
protest smoking ban at USM
WGME - December 4, 2012
Students at USM who smoke say they have rights too. A group of students
gathered on the Gorham campus Monday, in protest of the university's
plan to ban ...
USM
students protest campus tobacco ban
Portland Press Herald - December 4, 2012
GORHAM Students are protesting this week against a tobacco ban
that will take ... Other colleges in Maine that have banned on-campus
smoking are the ...
Holy
smokes: smoking ban unethical, extreme
The Circuit - December 4, 2012
Benedictine College’s on-campus smoking policy has come under debate
in the past few weeks. According to discussion at the SGA Senate meetings,
options currently on the table for modifying the policy are designating
nine specific on-campus smoking areas or forbidding on-campus smoking
all together. We understand that widespread smoking on campus presents
a few problems for those who want the policy changednamely, inconvenience
to people who dislike the smoke as well as haphazard discarding of cigarette
butts that makes for a less-than-desirable landscape. But is it ethical
for the college to completely forbid smoking on its grounds? Our answer
is no. …
Campus
smoking ban passed
University of Delaware Review - December 3, 2012
Passing a campus smoking ban, implementing the student forum website
UDecide and approving laundry text alerts have been some of the Student
Government Association accomplishments this year, senators said at their
final general meeting last Thursday in Memorial Hall. The tobacco-free
campus proposal has been in the works since last spring semester and
was officially passed at the senate meeting in November, which had representatives
from all colleges included in the 31 voting member senate, according
to senior and SGA president Michelle Barineau. She said the logistics
of the plan still need to be finalized. …
Smoke
out, wheels off
Boise State University The Arbiter Online - December 3, 2012
In August 2009, Boise State became an entirely smoke-free campus as
a way to maintain a healthy and safe learning environment for students,
employees and visitors. The university is now one of over 300 U.S. colleges
and universities also entirely smoke-free, according to the Health Services
website. …
Mercer
County Community College set to go smoke-free in the new ...
NJ.com - December 2, 2012
Joining a growing anti-tobacco trend, Mercer County Community College’s
two campuses will become totally smoke-free in January. …
Smoking
ban could prohibit people from lighting up on CU campus
kwgn.com - December 2, 2012
BOULDER, Colo. – Students at the University of Colorado may no
longer be able to smoke on campus. The Daily Camera reported that CU-Boulder's
student ...
CU-Boulder
edges closer to campus smoking ban
9NEWS.com - December 2, 2012
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - The University of Colorado at Boulder is edging
closer to a ban on smoking anywhere on campus after the university's
student ...
Region
Briefs: University of Colorado nears a smoking ban
Durango Herald – December 2, 2012
BOULDER - The University of Colorado at Boulder is edging
closer to a ban on smoking anywhere on campus after the university's
student government offered its initial support of the proposal. …
CU
student government gives support to making campus a tobacco-free zone
Boulder Daily Camera – December 1, 2012
BOULDER The University of Colorado might ban smoking anywhere
on the campus. ...
Tobacco-Free
Website Launched
SUNY Cortland News - November 30, 2012
Starting Jan. 1, the SUNY Cortland campus will become tobacco free.
… The new policy means less secondhand smoke, fewer unexpected
pools of tobacco drool and a stronger claim to being one of the healthiest
campuses in the ...
Student
leaders support tobacco-free campus as CU-Boulder weighs smoking ban
Denver Post-by Erica Meltzer - November 30, 2012
CU's student government gave initial support to a resolution Thursday
night calling for the Boulder campus to become a completely tobacco-free
zone, and top ...
CU
contemplates making Boulder campus tobacco-free
Denver Business Journal - November 30, 2012
Smoking on the University of Colorado's Boulder campus may be snuffed
out, the Daily Camera reports. A student government resolution calling
for the campus ...
Midstate
colleges limit smoking but aren't completely tobacco-free
Macon Telegraph – November 29, 2012
…More than 800 schools ban smoking on campus, according to the
American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation. Most of those are medical schools
and nonresidential ...
More
US Colleges Moving to Ban Tobacco
Global Cigarette Market News – November 29, 2012
Approximately half of the college campuses nationwide are enacting or
considering bans on use, advertising and sales of tobacco in all its
forms, sometimes over the objections of student smokers, staff and faculty,
reported the Associated Press. … Health and education officials,
anti-smoking groups and a generation of students who grew up smoke-free
are increasingly united on the issue, according to Bronson Frick, associate
director of Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights. "There are many reasons
why a college or university may choose to pursue this type of policy,
whether secondhand smoke, dorm fires or other issues," he told
AP. "They are also questioning what the role of tobacco is in this
academic setting, where we're supposed to be standing for truth and
training the next generation of leaders." …
Smoke-free
campuses multiply overseas
Global Times - November 29, 2012
Nearly 800 colleges and universities in the US have banned smoking on
campus in recent years, and many are joining in the campaign in a bid
to foster a healthier campus environment, according to media reports.
…
Editorial:
Outdoor smoking bans aren't necessary at colleges
University of Pittsburgh The Pitt News - November 29, 2012
The outdoors smoking ban at GWU is in line with several other similar
bans at ... that have enacted smoking bans, more than 800 colleges have
banned smoking ... secondary smoke exposure is paramount, banning smoking
outdoors seems ...
Joss,
2015 reps urge admins to wait for student input on smoking ban
The Miscellany News - November 28, 2012
During last Sunday’s Vassar Student Association (VSA) Council,
Josselyn House President Casey Hancock ’15 and Class of 2015 President
Ali Ehrlich proposed Resolution 27-6 which requested that Dean of the
College Christopher Roellke, College President Catharine Bond Hill and
the Committee on College Life (CCL) postpone voting or deciding on a
smoking ban until further efforts to assess student opinion are implemented.
…
MSU
hosts smoke-free forums
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - November 28, 2012
STARKVILLE Mississippi State University will host public forums
on Wednesday and Thursday on a proposal to make the Starkville campus
smoke-free. …
MSA
to reconsider tobacco-free campus, award grant
Minnesota Daily - November 28, 2012
After turning down a position statement in support of a tobacco-free
campus two weeks ago, the Minnesota Student Association will reconsider
its stance on the ...
Smoking
Ban
Red and Black - November 28, 2012
BY Damien Salas, The University of Georgia Smoking Policy has been put
on the back burner by campus officials. Here is an in depth look at
what the policy ...
Many
Abilene college campuses considering snuffing out smoking
ReporterNews.com - November 27, 2012
Several of Abilene's college campuses have at least kicked around the
idea of banning smoking entirely, while one has long been smoke-free.
… According to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, as of
Oct. 15, at least 826 U.S. colleges or universities have adopted smoke-free
campus policies, ...
Indiana
colleges look to revise campus smoking policies
nwitimes.com - November 27, 2012
Many of Indiana's largest universities are preparing stricter smoking
rules, putting teeth behind smoke-free policies that -- to now -- have
been at least partly hot ...
Smoke
out: Area colleges, universities ban, discourage tobacco use
nwitimes.com - November 27, 2012
“IU Northwest was one of the first IU schools to implement this
(smoke-free) policy, which took effect on our campus in August 2007,”
said Emily Banas, assistant ...
CSU
officials approve smoking ban
The Cauldron (Cleveland State University) - November 26, 2012
Although the official details and dates have not been decided, smoking
on campus will be banned sometime next year....
Our
View: CSULB smoking ban will burn smokers' bridges
Daily 49er - November 26, 2012
Associated Students Inc. will vote on a resolution this week to place
a smoking ban referendum on the ballot for students to vote on in next
spring's ASI elections. …
GW,
American University To Go Smoke-Free in 2013
DCist.com - November 26, 2012
American University also said that it will ban all tobacco products
on campus, while ... Smoking is banned in D.C. bars and restaurants,
and buildings and business ... say no smoking and the University cops
could care less, so these bans don't ...
Tobacco-free
campus idea to be proposed
Daily Eastern News - November 26, 2012
Members of the Tobacco Coalition will be returning to the Faculty Senate
to continue discussion of a tobacco-free campus during its meeting Tuesday.
…
Do
campus smoking bans work?
Washington Post (blog) - November 26, 2012
Do these bans work? Do they change students' behavior and attitudes?
When the Indiana University in Bloomington announced that it would ban
smoking ...
Smoking
bans pick up momentum on college campuses, despite protests
Washington Post – November 25, 2012
So far, more than 800 schools have banned smoking on campus, according
to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation. The list is dominated
by medical schools and non-residential community colleges, although
more and more residential colleges and universities are joining. …
FAQs:
Prepare to be tobacco free / set a quit date and make a plan
Arizona State University - November 25, 2012
…what is ASU’s tobacco-free policy and when does it take effect?
Effective Aug. 1, 2013, tobacco use is prohibited on university property,
facilities, grounds, parking structures, university-owned vehicles and
structures owned or leased by the university ...
FUTURE
POLICY ACD 804: Tobacco-free Campus Policy (.doc)
Arizona State University - November 25, 2012
Purpose To protect the health and safety of university faculty, staff,
students, and visitors on the campuses of ASU...
ASU Tobacco-free
Initiative
Arizona State University - November 25, 2012
Official Policy [5] FAQs [6] Tobacco-free Academia [7]...
Smoking
on campus banned for RIC nursing students
WHLT22 - November 25, 2012
Smoking on campus banned for RIC nursing students ... has instituted
a new policy banning the use of tobacco products by its students while
they're on campus. The policy also bans the use of tobacco products
by students who are off-campus ...
UK's
tobacco-free initiative has seen three years of success, now a role
model ...
KyForward - November 22, 2012
The University of Kentucky campus, located in a state that is a national
leader in tobacco production, joined a growing list of higher-education
institutions when it instituted a tobacco-free campus policy in November
2009. And while there have been ...
Students
aim for tobacco-free campus with petition
Arizona Daily Wildcat - November 21, 2012
Hailey Eisenbach / Arizona Daily Wildcat The Student Health Advocacy
Committee (SHAC) has introduced a petition to ban smoking on camous.
ARCHIBALD:
UAB smoking ban doesn't go far enough (updated with poll)
AL.com - November 21, 2012
...now it has to deal with all those haters with smoke billowing from
their ears, with all those old thinker ideas on individual "rights"
and "liberties." UAB owes them nothing. In fact, they owe
UAB a debt of thanks. UAB is the biggest employer in Alabama ...
Smoke
Cigarettes? Well, Not at Macomb Community College You ...
Patch.com (MI) - November 20, 2012
Joining hundreds of other colleges and universities across the nation,
MCC has banned the use of all tobacco and smoking simulation products
and devices on ...
State:
University of Central Missouri to go tobacco free
Macon Chronicle (MO) - November 20, 2012
State: University of Central Missouri to go tobacco free ... Warrensburg
-- The University of Central Missouri will become a tobacco-free campus
by July 2014. ...
Winthrop
considering campus-wide smoking ban
WCNC - November 19, 2012
Fines or an appearance before the student judicial court are two options
being considered if people break the no-smoking ban. It could be a year
before a ...
University
of Missouri Moves Up Smoking Ban
stjoechannel.com - November 19, 2012
Smoking won't be allowed at the University of Missouri-Columbia as of
July ... The effort to clear the air at Mizzou began in 2009, when smoking
was banned from buildings. ... An M-U committee is considering how to
enforce the smoking ban. ...
Berkshire
Community College group advocates for tighter smoking restrictions
Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, MA) - November 17, 2012
A grassroots group at Berkshire Community College is advocating to expand
smoking restrictions on campus. A proposal is being developed, but a
recommendation isn't expected to go before the board of trustees until
August 2013, according to Deborah Cote, ...
MU
pushes forward its smoke-free campus policy
KBIA - November 16, 2012
The vice chancellor for MU Student Affairs, Cathy Scroggs, says MU may
not be the first school to ban smoking on campus, but now the university
can be in the ...
Campus
to become smoke-free by next July
UM Maneater (blog) - November 16, 2012
MU will join more than 800 other colleges and universities in banning
all smoking on campus grounds, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Cathy
Scroggs ...
MU
will extinguish smoking on campus early
Bizjournals.com (MO) - November 16, 2012
The university's Columbia campus will go smoke-free as of July 1. The
ban was set to become effective Jan. 1, 2014, but campus officials said
students pressed ...
WVNCC
Goes Smoke Free Thursday
WTRF (WV)- November 16, 2012
Lisa Wysong, an asthma sufferer and medical assisting student at WVNCC,
thinks the ban was a good idea. "A lot of times if you walk outside,
the smoke just sort ...
Smoking
stations on campus should be used accordingly
Colonnade (GA) - November 15, 2012
But students walk up and down campus, clouds of smoking permeating the
air. This cannot be how the university intended their smoking ban to
work. Smoking ...
In
tobacco-free campus, MSA votes no
Minnesota Daily - November 14, 2012
After lengthy debate, the Minnesota Student Association voted down a
proposed position statement in support of a tobacco-free campus at forum
Tuesday.
The Main
Point: Forcing smokers off campus causes excessive litter
University Star (TX) - November 14, 2012
Though a compromise on the tobacco ban needs to be reached between smokers
and administrators, leaving cigarette butts and garbage strewn down
LBJ ...
CSU
smokes less than Boulder, more than Colorado
Rocky Mountain Collegian (CO) - November 13, 2012
The question of whether CSU should become a 100 percent smoke-free campus
has become a topic of discussion for the Associated Students of CSU
after the ...
FGCU
students hope to make the campus tobacco free
Wink News (FL) - November 13, 2012
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Signs mark an area where smoking is allowed on the
Florida Gulf Coast University campus, but there's no rules against other
tobacco ...
George
Washington University smoking ban opponents stage protest
WJLA (DC) - November 13, 2012
George Washington University wants to ban smoking on campus, but that
has some ... The university is considering a 25-foot smoking ban around
campus ...
Dan
Grover: If you don't vote on University issues, don't complain
GW Hatchet (subscription) - November 12, 2012
But students had the chance to express their opinions on the smoking
ban last ... they thought smoking within 25 feet of all campus buildings
should be banned.
Smoking-ban
committee terminated at WSG meeting
Royal Purple Online (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) - November
12, 2012
The special committee formed by the Whitewater Student Government in
April 2012 to draft the smoking-ban proposal was terminated Oct. 29,
since no motion was made to continue the committee.
PCC
eyes ban on smoking
Aztec Press - November 9, 2012
Pima Community College may become the latest college to join the trend
of banning smoking on campus. …
Student
panel reviews smoking ban
Binghamton University Pipe Dream - November 9, 2012
In response to a SUNY-wide smoking ban proposed by SUNY Chancellor ...
it will join SUNY Brockport, SUNY Albany and University at Buffalo in
banning smoking. ... “Look at other banned activities and how often
they still happen; this would ...
AU
to go Smoke-Free, Joining More Than 600 Other Universities ...
In The Capital - November 8, 2012
Not a fan of inhaling secondhand smoke? Well if you attend American
University come August 2013, you're in luck. Leave your passive aggressive
coughing ...
Cleveland
State campus to go tobacco-free within a year
Chronicle-Telegram - November 8, 2012
Cleveland State University plans to go tobacco-free by next September.
The draft policy was approved Wednesday by university trustees. It will
cover tobacco and smokeless tobacco and extend across campus, including
parking lots, walkways and university vehicles. …
Cleveland
State University plans to be tobacco-free by September ...
Plain Dealer - November 7, 2012
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland State University will be tobacco-free by
September 2013, according to a policy approved today by the university's
board of ...
Benjamin
Krimmel: I'm not in the first grade anymore
GW Hatchet (subscription) - November 8, 2012
…Last month, the Board of Trustees approved plans to ban smoking
within 25 feet of all University building entrances and in all campus
public spaces.And starting ...
Staff
Editorial: Extinguish the smoking ban
GW Hatchet (subscription) - November 8, 2012
…The same is true of the smoking ban that GW plans to put into
effect in ... in the area, like Georgetown and the University of Maryland,
have initiated similar bans. …
Campus
Smoking Ban: A Secondhand Student Health Issue
Minaret - November 8, 2012
Enforcing a smoking ban would lessen the effects of secondhand smoke.
... college campuses in the United States have 100 percent banned smoking
in indoor ...
Students
Should Be Free to Smoke In Designated Spots
Minaret - November 8, 2012
Smoking on campus has caused debate on whether UT should enact a smoking
ban or designate certain areas for students to smoke freely. …
Kerwin:
AU to go tobacco-free in August 2013
The Eagle (registration) - November 6, 2012
JARED ANGLE / THE EAGLE Sarah Wisniewski, a first year graduate student
in the School of Public Affairs, takes a smoke break on campus. President
Neil ...
Upcoming
tobacco ban gives smokers no room to breathe
The Free Press of the University of Southern Maine - November 5, 2012
That said, the smoking ban that USM intends to put in place next semester
will ... who fail to enact campus-wide smoking bans and other tobacco-free
policies ...
Don't
ignite the smoking ban
Diamondback Online - November 5, 2012
… Although smoking bans on campuses have vastly increased over
the past few years, this ban is an infringement on individual liberty.
Supporters of smoking ...
University
plans for smoke-free campus
GW Hatchet (subscription) - November 5, 2012
GW will become a smoke-free campus by September 2013, banning smoking
within 25 feet of campus buildings and in public spaces like Kogan Plaza
and University Yard. …
Kent
State Reviewing Tobacco-Free Campus Issue
North Canton (OH) Patch.com - November 5, 2012
By the end of this academic year students at Kent State University should
have an idea whether or not the campus is moving towards a smoke-free
policy. …
USG
puts smoke-free campus legislation on hold
The Hullabaloo Online - November 1, 2012
The Undergraduate Student Government has decided to indefinitely postpone
a campus-wide smoking bill proposal last week to further evaluate Tulane's
...
Stop
further regulation of on-campus smoking
The Hullabaloo Online - November 1, 2012
A new proposal in our USG seeks to enforce a complete smoking ban on
campus. The main purpose is for the comfort of non-smokers. Conducting
a study on ...
UCLA
To Become First Tobacco-Free UC
NBC Southern California - November 1, 2012
UCLA To Become First Tobacco-Free UC. Students and faculty will be forced
to kick the habit, if only while they're on campus. …
Clearing
the air for non-smokers
The Eastern Progress Online (subscription) - November 1, 2012
Smoking won’t be completely disappearing from campus, but Student
Government Association (SGA) has plans to get students to follow the
rules in place. …
U.
Senate crafting plan for smoking ban
Diamondback Online - November 1, 2012
With implementation of a campus-wide smoking ban nine months away, the
University Senate is leaning toward recommending a “respect-based”
policy. The senate’s Campus Affairs Committee will likely suggest
a statute that encourages students, faculty, staff and visitors to refrain
from smoking and informs smokers the university has a nonsmoking campus,
said committee chairwoman Marcy Marinelli. Though administrators must
put a ban into effect by July to align the campus with University System
of Maryland policies, several committee members said the university
does not have the resources to strictly enforce such a policy. …
Students
modify smoke-free campus initiative
Campus Times - November 1, 2012
… Under the guidance of Director of the University Health Service
Ralph Manchester and Associate Director of Health Promotion Linda Dudman,
Finnie, Rothenberg and Tarentine initially aimed to implement a policy
that would designate UR as entirely smoke free with no designated smoking
areas, but after receiving feedback from students, faculty and staff,
decided this new direction would make for a policy that would accommodate
a larger majority of the University community. …
Go
smoke free with exceptions
Campus Times - November 1, 2012
For over a year now, three undergraduate students have been spearheading
an initiative to change the smoking policy at UR. As it stands, there
is no timeline for the institution of any one policy. If implemented
though, a change in policy would not only promote cleaner air on campus,
it would also create a healthier campus, arriving in the context of
a national trend toward smoke-free environments, already prevalent in
many bars, theaters and other college campuses. …
Berg, C.J.; Schauer, G.L.; Rodgers, K.; Narula, S.K., "College
student smokers: former versus current and nonsmokers," American
Journal of Preventive Medicine, 43(5 Suppl 3): S229-S236, November
2012.
As
UCLA goes smoke-free, some ask if USC will do the same
Daily Trojan Online – October 31, 2012
A new smoke-free ban at UCLA, which was announced Tuesday, has re-energized
the debate surrounding the implementation of a smoke-free ban on campus
...
Tobacco
Ban Coming to UCSB
KEYT-TV (Santa Barbara, CA) - October 31, 2012
Cigarettes, cigars and even chewing tobacco will soon be banned at all
UC campuses. Starting in April of 2014, all 10 campuses will prohibit
tobacco use. Now at UCSB, you can smoke away from entrances to buildings.
The UCSB community is divided … ...
ECC
going smoke-free
Business First - October 31, 2012
Erie Community College plans to enact a tobacco-free policy on all three
of its Western New York campuses on Jan. 1, 2013. The policy was recently
approved ...
Coalition
wants smoke-free campus
Daily Eastern News - October 31, 2012
Members of the Faculty Senate discussed the recent initiative by Eastern's
Tobacco Coalition to make Eastern a smoke-free campus at their meeting
Thursday. ...
Tobacco
Ban on UCLA Campus Coming This Spring
KTLA - October 31, 2012
Chancellor Gene D. Block said in a letter that all tobacco products
-- including cigarettes, cigars, oral tobacco and electronic cigarettes
-- will be banned as of ...
UCLA
Will Go Tobacco-Free on Earth Day 2013
LAist - October 30, 2012
Shepherded by UCLA's Tobacco-Free Steering Committee, the breath of
fresh air will ban the use of any and all tobacco products, including
electronic cigarettes ...
MSU
Staff Council considers changes to tobacco policy
The Reflector online - October 30, 2012
The policy would make MSU 100 percent tobacco-free beginning fall 2014.
Kibler said the proposed revision would provide a small increase in
restriction, but ...
University
smoking ban will benefit all students, faculty affected
Daily Illini - October 29, 2012
No one in my family, immediate or extended, smokes. When I turned 18,
I was way more excited about the prospect of being able to vote than
the ability to buy a ...
Campus
considers going tobacco free
BG News - October 29, 2012
…Five University groups are discussing and developing their points
of view on the possibility of the campus being tobacco free. The idea
of a tobacco use policy on campus came about through an Ohio Board of
Regents resolution passed July 23 encouraging colleges and universities
to become tobacco free. The Board of Regents, located in Columbus, serves
as a coordinating body for Ohio higher education and is responsible
for advising the Chancellor, leader of the University system of Ohio,
on issues of statewide importance affecting higher education, according
to its website. …
Smoking
Guidelines for Brown University Facilities
Brown University - October 28, 2012
Smoking is prohibited in all Brown residential and dining facilities....
Western
to go tobacco free
St. Joseph (MO) News-Press - October 26, 2012
Missouri Western State University is set to go tobacco free beginning
July 1, 2013. The new policy follows several other public universities
in the state that have gone tobacco free or are considering it, including
Northwest Missouri State University. ...
College
master plan, tobacco-free policy advance
Daily Inter Lake - October 26, 2012
Flathead Valley Community College’s Board of Trustees on Monday
passed the first reading of a tobacco-free campus policy and voted to
move a draft update of a college master plan to a public review period.
Trustees gave unanimous approval to the first reading of a revised tobacco
policy following a request by the Student Senate that the campus become
tobacco free. This vote sends the policy to the College Council for
review and comment prior to a final reading at the Nov. 19 trustee meeting.
…
Campus
smoking ban misses point
Oswegonian - October 25, 2012
Smoking elicits mixed feelings from people. Some hate smoking because
lung cancer claimed a loved one, they hate the smell or they think that
it’s a disgusting habit. Others enjoy smoking because it allows
them to escape from the world if only for the duration of the cigarette;
it might make them nostalgic for that one time they had an epic conversation
with a stranger while outside smoking a cigarette. Yet, there are still
others who experience frustration because they can’t break the
habit even if they wanted to. As an on-and-off smoker who tries to understand
both sides of controversy regarding smoking, what I don't understand
is the recent push to ban ...
Chancellor
to address state summit on tobacco-free campuses
WEAU-TV 13 - October 25, 2012
Menomonie, Wis. University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Charles
W. Sorensen will deliver the keynote address at a conference Tuesday
intended to help other colleges and universities in Wisconsin implement
tobacco-free policies. .. “I am honored to be asked to talk about
the subject of tobacco-free campuses, ... Sorensen accepted the results
of those referendums, and the tobacco-free ...
FVCC
looks to go tobacco free
KPAX-TV - October 24, 2012
KALISPELL- It looks like Flathead Valley Community College will be taking
after other schools in going completely tobacco free. Board members
passed the first ...
Would
you like the campus to be smoke free?
BG News - October 24, 2012
Would you like the campus to be smoke free? Would you like the campus
to be smoke free? Yes 1 33%: No 1 33%: I don't know 1 33%: I haven't
hear about this ...
Campus
initiative clears the air, receives mixed reviews
Dailybarometer - October 25, 2012
Several things seem to have disappeared from campus this year. Ashtrays
that had lined Oregon State University’s sidewalks, the occasional
cigarette butt that had littered the ground and students smoking outside
the Valley Library are now rare, if not altogether gone, after OSU’s
new smoke-free policy took effect in September. …
IBRAHIM:
Smoking ban a stride toward needed change for Illinois
The Daily Illini (U. of Illinois) - October 24, 2012
…before we direct our attention to our social rights, we need to
pay respect to each person’s more fundamental right to good health.
The smoking ban is a stride toward necessary change for the University.
…
Public
voice absent in new campuswide smoking ban
Daily Illini - October 23, 2012
In a historical move which isn't all that historical the
University announced that the campus would become free of tobacco smoke
at the end of next year. …
Future
of campus smoking rights cloudy
Eagle News - October 23, 2012
Last week, FGCU’s Student Senate discussed a resolution for a smoke-free
campus for the first time this semester. This week, however, there was
no mention of a possible resolution on Tuesday night’s student
senate agenda. …
Develop
new smoking policy
Eagle News - October 23, 2012
I am writing to express support for the discussion of a smoke-free policy
on campus that is resuming in the Senate, per the article that appeared
on Oct. 17. …
Smoke-free
change puts pressure on community
UM Maneater - October 23, 2012
Since 2008, MU has emphasized its desire to become a smoke-free campus.
In July 2011, it implemented the second phase of its plan: Smoking was
to be allowed only in designated areas. Students, staff members and
visitors were asked to quit the habit by January 2014. …
Smoking
to be Stopped on Library Walk
The UCSD Guardian Online - October 22, 2012
The UCSD event will be especially eye-catching this year, volunteers
for the Smokeout say, because of the University of California system-wide
smoking ban ...
Nicotine
replacement therapy offered at UO in transition to a tobacco-free campus
Oregon Daily Emerald - October 21, 2012
The nicotine-free policy instituted at the University of Oregon at the
beginning of September has been years in the making. “I’ve
worked on tobacco control for eight years,” said Paula Staight,
advisor to the Student Health Advisory Committee. “This didn’t
just happen overnight. This took years (of) polling students (and) making
policy.” …
Georgia
State Bans Smoking and Tobacco Use
The FINANCIAL - October 20, 2012
The Georgia State University Senate on Thursday, Oct. 18 approved a
ban on smoking and tobacco use on the majority of the university campus
to promote health for students, faculty, staff and the public. …
After
voting, UI on board to eliminate smoking
Daily Illini - October 18, 2012
After a year and a half of deliberation, University administrators are
taking steps to completely ban tobacco smoke on campus in the next 13
months. “We want to ensure a healthy environment for our entire
campus community. There is incontrovertible evidence that smoking is
a dangerous addiction and that secondhand smoke affects everyone,”
Chancellor Phyllis Wise said in a mass email to the University community.
With slated date in November 2013 for a complete ban on smoking on University
property, this new policy builds on a current rule that prohibits smoking
indoors in all University-owned and leased facilities and within 25
feet of building entrances, exits, windows that open and ventilation
intakes, according to the Campus Administrative Manual. …
UI's
Urbana campus to be smoke-free by November 2013
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette - October 17, 2012
URBANA Smokers have just over a year to indulge their habit at
the University of Illinois before a new smoke-free policy takes effect
including at outdoor ...
Secondhand
smoke remains a big hazard on OU campus
Athens NEWS - October 18, 2012
The EPA considers secondhand smoke to be a big harm to your health,
but yet people do not mind smoking and threatening others' chances of
getting …
Proposed
campus-wide smoking ban does not please everyone
MU The Parthenon - October 18, 2012
On Tuesday, the Student Government Association voted 11-7 to pass a
resolution to support a proposal to ban tobacco on campus. The proposal
will be kicked ...
Tobacco
battle moves to Marshall
Charleston (WV) Daily Mail - October 18, 2012
Ban on use or sale of products must be approved by Board of Governors
...
UPD, administrators
continue enforcement efforts
University Star (blog) - October 18, 2012
More than a year after the implementation of the tobacco-free policy,
university officials are considering new ways to enforce the smoking
ban. Joanne Smith, vice president of Student Affairs, said a tobacco
awareness course is being developed as a penalty for breaking the tobacco
ban. The course could be enacted as early as the spring 2013 semester.
…
Two
UA groups suggest smoking ban
Alabama's13.com - October 18, 2012
In the first Faculty/Staff staff meeting with Dr. Guy Bailey as president,
two different groups suggested a smoking ban on the University of Alabama
campus. …
Campus
smoking policies still up in the air
UNLV The Rebel Yell - October 18, 2012
… To ban tobacco use or not to ban tobacco use? That has been the
question at UNLV since Tobacco Free UNLV emerged in 2010. …
Student
Government Association passes campus-wide tobacco ban ...
MU The Parthenon - October 17, 2012
After two hours of debate from both sides of the issue, the SGA voted
11 - 7 to pass a resolution supporting a campus-wide ban on all tobacco
products. The proposal will now go to the Faculty Senate, where it may
be revised, and then it will go to the Board of Governors who will make
the final decision on its passage. … During this period, Dasgupta,
Saunders, Harrell and several senators explained that, according to
the American Nonsmoker’s Rights Foundation, Marshall would follow
814 other universities in banning tobacco if this proposal passes the
Board of Governors. …
MU
Student Senate supports tobacco ban on campus
Huntington Herald Dispatch - October 17, 2012
Marshall University's Student Senate narrowly passed a resolution, 11-7,
supporting a full tobacco ban on campus. …
SGA
receives grant for smoking ban, philanthropy
USD Volante Online - October 17, 2012
The University of South Dakota's Student Government Association has
drafted a ... grant regarding the recently approved smoking ban on campus,
along with a ...
Head
to Head: CON-Smoking on campus is a right
USD Volante Online - October 16, 2012
…9, 2013, a smoking ban is supposed to take effect across the University
of South Dakota campus. My only thought is that this just isn't fair.
Incoming first-year ...
Head
to Head: PRO-Smoking ban protects students
USD Volante Online - October 16, 2012
A campus wide smoking ban isn't a ban that eliminates your individual
... it is clear that the University of South Dakota should lead South
Dakota to a better ...
Campus
smoking ban still cloudy
Laney Tower (Laney College - Oakland, CA) - October 13, 2012
Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate bill AB 795 on Oct. 10, 2011, and
while it was supposed to move California college students forward into
cleaner air, Laney College students have seemed to stand still in a
cloud of smoke and confusion. ...
Clemson's
Goal: Tobacco Free in 2014
News Channel 7 - October 11, 2012
Clemson University has set up a committee to research the impact of
a tobacco-free campus and aims to ban the use of all tobacco products
within the next two ...
Clemson
University establishes tobacco-free campus task force
Clemson University - October 11, 2012
CLEMSON Clemson University has established a task force comprised
of students, faculty and staff to make its campus tobacco free within
two years. …
MATC
becomes tobacco-free November 1
Times Milwaukee (subscription) - October 10, 2012
In July, MATC campuses were all on fire with the extinguishing of tobacco
usage on premises. Smokers were outraged; non-smokers were relieved,
but there were still issues in the policy that needed to be cleared
up with the students and staff. This policy was implemented to show
the school’s progress in being a leader in education and innovation.
You could look at MATC being tobacco-free as a wellness initiative,
while taking the clean air policy a step further and upgrading the standards
for this two-year college. …
Penn
State Should Become a Smoke-Free Campus
Onward State - October 11, 2012
It's something we learn from an early age, and it's engrained into our
minds through our education, extra-curricular programs, and even major
advertisements. …
ASU
planning campus-wide smoking ban
Arizona Daily Sun - October 10, 2012
ASU has 73,000 students at campuses in Tempe, Glendale, downtown Phoenix
and Mesa and already bans smoking indoors or within 25 feet of building
...
ASU
to ban smoking on campus
Bizjournals.com - October 10, 2012
Arizona State University, one of the largest colleges in the U.S, will
ban smoking on its Valley campuses. That includes outside areas. The
ASU smoking ban is ...
Smoking
ban necessary for the university's wellbeing
University of Delaware Review - October 9, 2012
A smoking ban would allow people like me to breathe in cleaner air,
to not have ... of colleges have already banned smoking on their campus—Towson,
Indiana, ...
Campuses
declare smoking bans
The Crimson White (University of Alabama) - Oct 9, 2012
Currently, there are at least 814 campuses that have completely banned
tobacco products, The University of Alabama has yet to enact a campuswide
ban. ...
Ohio
State considers 100% tobacco ban
OSU - The Lantern - October 7, 2012
... are smokers at Ohio State might have to put away their cigarettes
and lighters, as the ... (There will be) no tobacco advertising on university
property, at events or ... We'll have to walk all the way down to High
Street for one cigarette, said ...
Smoking
ban could be addictive
Western Front - October 5, 2012
... Many colleges across the nation are adopting smoking bans. There
are now 814 campuses in the United States that have enacted a complete
ban on smoking, according to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation.
...
Banning
smoking at Colorado State would be wrong
Rocky Mountain Collegian - October 5, 2012
Smokers are annoying. It’s basically a fact. No one walks by a
row of people lighting up, smells that gross combination of nicotine,
tobacco and rat poison only cigarettes can deliver, and thinks “I
wish this happened everywhere all the time.” …
Banning smoking at Colorado State would be wrong ...
CSU
student government mulls over banning smoking
Rocky Mountain Collegian - October 4, 2012
Fifty-three percent of students and 63 percent of faculty and staff
reported that they were likely to support a smoke-free policy on campus,
according to a student government and university survey on tobacco use
presented to the Associated Students of CSU Senate Wednesday night.
…
Editorial:
A Smoke-free Campus
Skidmore News - October 4, 2012
With an ever-rising number of college campuses in the country banning
or restricting smoking, it has come at no surprise that members of the
Skidmore College community have been discussing the idea. As noted in
"Smoke-Free? Skidmore's future as a smoke-friendly campus,"
SGA and the administration have been entertaining such a notion since
the end of last year. The question at hand is not whether the school
has the right to enact such a policy, but what kind of approach the
school might take in restricting smoking, and whether or not such action
is truly necessary. …
Radford
student body supports smoking ban
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily - October 4, 2012
Signs outside Dabney and Bonnycastle dorms on McCormick Road that tell
students “No Smoking in Building or Within 20 Feet of Building”
do so incorrectly ...
Nursing
students create smoke-free campus survey
Washburn Review - October 3, 2012
A group of five Washburn University nursing students are interested
in making Washburn a smoke-free campus. For a class project the students
decided to conduct the campus-wide survey to see how students, faculty
and staff would react to a smoke-free campus. …
Smoking
ban garners positive feedback in survey
Daily Tar Heel (UNC) - Oct 3, 2012
The board has initiated a public input period from Sept. 27 to Oct.
24, and residents are encouraged to participate in an online survey
about the ban. So far, feedback on the survey has been overwhelmingly
positive.
Collective
Efforts Will Keep East Central College Tobacco Free
The Missourian - October 3, 2012
...Flat screens in common areas feature a daily countdown until ECC
goes smoke-free. Plus, faculty and staff have been encouraged to use
the theme of the ...
Blowing
smoke? Area colleges institute smoking bans
New Philadelphia Times Reporter (OH) - October 3, 2012
The board passed a resolution recommending the ban this summer, and
local universities have responded. Many have already banned smoking
on campus, ...
SGA
talks smoke-free campus, creates mixed reaction
University of Delaware Review - October 2, 2012
The university could soon join numerous higher education institutions
in becoming a smoke-free campus, according to Student Government Association
adviser, Marilyn Prime. …
NE
Ohio Medical University bans tobacco
Canton Repository - October 1, 2012
The Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) governing board on Friday
approved a campus-wide, tobacco-free policy, effective Nov. 1. The decision
follows the Ohio Board of Regents recommendation for all Ohio's public
institutions of higher education to establish tobacco-free campuses.
…
Student
group renews interest in smoke-free campus
GW Hatchet (subscription) - October 1, 2012
Colonials for Clean Air plans to discourage incoming freshmen from smoking
within 25 feet of campus buildings as an alternative to pushing an official
ban, ...
A
call for a smoke-free campus
Minnesota Daily - October 1, 2012
Oct. 1 marks the fifth anniversary of Minnesota’s smoke-free law,
Freedom to Breathe. At the time, there were countless arguments that
establishments would go out of business and that it would be impossible
to enforce. Recently, I learned that University of Minnesota students
report the place that they are most exposed to secondhand smoke is on
campus. ...
UK
enacts email system to report smoking violations
UK The Kentucky Kernel – September 30, 2012
Even since the inception of the smoking ban on campus in November 2009,
congregations of smokers are still seen around campus. The UK Tobacco-Free
Campus Initiative Task Force hopes to push the campus toward being truly
tobacco-free. To report tobacco use, a student or employee ...
No
Smoking on WCC Campus: The Right Choice?
Chappaqua (NY) Patch.org - September 29, 2012
Westchester Community College cracks down on smoking this month, following
in others' footsteps....
Smoking
ban still ineffective, USenate task force reports
CU Columbia Spectator - September 28, 2012
A University Senate task force on smoking policy has formally concluded
what many students already suspectedthat Columbia’s partial
smoking ban isn’t being enforced. …
What
would Draper do?
The Daily Tar Heel - September 28, 2012
Smoking is cool, or at least that’s what “Mad Men” has
taught me. Science, though, has taught me that it’s bad. The recent
uproar over a proposed expansion of the county’s smoking ban got
me thinking what would Don Draper think? Wouldn’t he be sad?
At what point would he justify government intervention? …
Radford
University student government voting about possible ...
WDBJ7 - September 27, 2012
Radford University is deciding whether it will support or push to ban
completely, smoking on campus. Right now students and staff cannot smoke
inside buildings, but *can* smoke at least 25 feet away from any building.
…
Wellness
Council of WV Names WVU 'Tobacco Free Champion'
WBOY-TV - September 27, 2012
The Wellness Council of West Virginia has recognized West Virginia
University as a "Tobacco Free Champion." The award recognizes
companies that have made great strides in creating, implementing or
enforcing tobacco-free policies. …
Explaining
how people selfishly pollute our campus with their ...
Rocky Mountain Collegian - September 27, 2012
“I absolutely love walking through the Eddy-Clark corridor, the
smoke-filled atmosphere just serves to really refresh me on my way to
class” said no one, ever. Last week the Collegian ran an
article reporting on how CSU was considering banning tobacco products,
and it is definitely an annoying issue that needs addressing. While
I believe that banning all tobacco products on campus is a bad idea
and ultimately not necessary, something needs to be done to address
the cigarette smoking that currently takes place everywhere. ...
Smoke-free
policy on campus is outrageous
Dailybarometer - September 27, 2012
With a new school year underway, we have a new policy on campus affecting
many students. The Oregon State University Smoke-Free Policy bans smoking
on ...
USD
To Prohibit Smoking On Campus
Yankton Daily Press - September 27, 2012
VERMILLION The University of South Dakota has banned smoking on
campus effective Jan. 9, 2013, the school announced Wednesday. The USD
Executive ...
Campuses
should get rid of designated smoking areas, ban tobacco entirely
Bangor Daily News - September 27, 2012
However other colleges have found that banning tobacco altogether is
more effective than having the specified smoking areas. Youth smoking
in the U.S. fell ...
Pricey
transit, outdoor smoking and ballot privacy: Opinion roundup
OregonLive.com - September 27, 2012
If all of this sounds familiar, perhaps it's because Portland State
University recently made rumblings about asking the city to ban smoking
in the South Park ...
UK's
smoking ban is a working compromise for everyone
Kykernel.com (subscription) - September 26, 2012
Of all the issues buzzing around about campus life, few items seem to
have drawn as much ire as the 2009 campuswide smoking ban. Smokers,
predictably, were outraged. Non-smokers, on the other hand, have more
than once bitterly complained that the ban is a farce, lampooning the
administration’s lack of action and effective enforcement of the
policy. …
University
of South Dakota bans smoking on campus
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - September 26, 2012
VERMILLION The University of South Dakota is going smoke-free
starting in January. The university announced Wednesday that the USD
Executive ...
Editorial
- Costs of smoking go beyond health
Daily Athenaeum - September 27, 2012
...July 1, 2013, smoking and all other forms of tobacco use will be
banned across West Virginia University's campus. The ban, which was
approved by the WVU ...
OSU
Corvallis goes smoke-free
Bend Bulletin - September 25, 2012
CORVALLIS Students at Oregon State University in Corvallis started
their school year this week on an entirely smoke-free campus. Smoking
had been ...
Undergraduate
Student Government hears about tobacco-free ...
BG News - September 25, 2012
Students may soon see a tobacco-free campus, according to Eric Teske
from Recreation and Wellness. Teske, Michael Ginsburg and Faith Yingling
spoke to Undergraduate Student Government Monday night asking for a
letter of support for a tobacco-free initiative. …
The
Great Smoking Debate
The Critic - September 21, 2012
One current topic Lyndon State College students are buzzing about is
whether or not LSC should become a smoke-free campus. …
Should
CSU ban tobacco?
Rocky Mountain Collegian - September 20, 2012
The university's tobacco policy is being revisited by student government
officials seeking public opinion on whether smoking should be banned
from CSU. …
Small
fire at UMPI sparks renewed interest in smoke-free campus
Bangor Daily News - September 20, 2012
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine A fire in a designated smoking spot on the
University of Maine at Presque Isle campus last week has renewed debate
regarding a ...
USM
smoking ban gets mixed reaction from students
WLBZ-TV - September 20, 2012
PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A smoking ban that will be phased in
over the next year on the Portland and Gorham campuses of the University
of ...
Smoking
Banned by 2014
Oswegonian - September 20, 2012
The campus will become smoke free by January 2014, according to the
Oswego State Clean Air Committee. Right now, the smoking policy states
that students ...
Buffalo
State needs to enforce its smoking regulations
Buffalo News - September 20, 2012
The idea of a smoke-free campus, especially of those in the State University
of New York system, is controversial, and is still somewhat taboo. Individuals
see ...
Enforcement
an Issue for Smoking Policy
Kenyon Collegian - September 20, 2012
My sister has severe asthma; I’ve had to take care of her during
several of her attacks. And I have bad allergies in the spring, so I
know how awful breathing problems can be. That being said, I have no
real problem with people smoking. My policy towards it mirrors my feelings
towards others’ religion: I’m probably going to feel its second-hand
effects no matter what, but as long as you don’t blow it in my
face, I say live and let live. …
Green
River to go tobacco free starting Jan. 1
Auburn Reporter (WA) - September 19, 2012
Green River Community College will become the ninth Washington college
campus to go 100 percent smoke-free when a ban on tobacco use goes into
effect ...
A
smoke-free campus?
The Daily Cougar - September 19, 2012
So it isn't right for a policy as big as the smoking ban to be legitimized
during summer break, when the overwhelming majority of its target audience
is off site. ...
Everett
Community College Honored For Going Smoke Free
My Everett News (WA) - September 18, 2012
Just in time for the start of the school year next Monday, Everett
Community College has received the Snohomish Health District Healthy
Workplace Award for ...
Four
show for ban
USD Volante Online - September 19, 2012
Student Government Association Senator Collin Michels and SGA Vice
President DJ Smith discuss the process of moving forward with the smoking
ban during a ...
Opinion
| Students who smoke should abide by Miami University ...
Miami Student (OH) - September 19, 2012
Even with the obvious health risks and a campus-wide ban, many students
in the ... the act of smoking on campus is not only banned but also
disrespectful to the ...
Students
flout smoke-free campus policy
Miami Student (OH) - September 19, 2012
Despite the development of educational anti-smoking programs like D.A.R.E,
and a general advancement of medical knowledge regarding the dangers
of the ...
Sinclair
considering making campus smoke-free
Dayton Daily News (OH) - September 18, 2012
Sinclair Community College will survey its staff and students on banning
tobacco ... making the college the first in the area to discuss the
possibility of a ban.
Students
flout smoke-free campus policy
Miami Student (OH) - September 19, 2012
Despite the development of educational anti-smoking programs like D.A.R.E,
and a general advancement of medical knowledge regarding the dangers
of the ...
Smoke-free?
Skidmore's future as a smoke-friendly campus
Skidmore News - September 18, 2012
If you’ve ever left your dorm, you’ve probably encountered
secondhand smoke at one point or another. Whether you’re the smoker
taking a puff in front of the Burgess Cafe, or the passerby that witnesses
the crowds forming around the benches anterior to the residence halls,
news of a potentially smoke-free Skidmore might come as a shock to you.
…
Smoking
banned at Autzen Stadium for Ducks games
KPTV.com - Aug 31, 2012
EUGENE, OR (KPTV) - When the Ducks take the field on Saturday, there
will be no smoking allowed in the stadium. The University of Oregon
is banning the use of all tobacco products on property owned or controlled
by the school starting Saturday. …
Smoke-free
campus goal at LSU
Monroe News Star - September 17, 2012
With the new semester has come a renewed push to make LSU a tobacco
and smoke-free campus. ...
Kernel
Editorial: Smoking ban remains many words and few actions
UK The Kentucky Kernel - September 17, 2012
UK President Eli Capilouto sent out an email on Friday afternoon titled,
“Message About UK’s Smoke-free Campus.” The email said,
“I am proud that UK is one of over 500 colleges and universities
that do not allow the use of tobacco products. I am writing to ask that
tobacco users please respect our tobacco-free campus policy.” …
Students
and faculty debate over tobacco ban
Free Press of the University of Southern Maine - September 17, 2012
In January USM will begin taking the initial steps in making it's campuses
Tobacco-free. There will be much debate on campus in the few short months
that ...
LSU
group working to make Baton Rouge campus smoke and ...
The Republic – September 16, 2012
Sylvester's supporters gathered to sign the petition and also to view
a webcast detailing the University of Michigan's Tobacco-free College
Campus Initiative. ...
CUNY
becomes tobacco-free
Amsterdam News - September 13 , 2012
This fall, the City University of New York will become the largest 100
percent tobacco-free urban public university system in the United States,
with a total ban on tobacco use, marketing, promotions and sports sponsorships
in effect at all 24 institutions. The ban includes all forms of tobacco
and chewing tobacco, as well as e-cigarettes. It applies to buildings,
outdoor locations such as playing fields, entrances and exits to buildings,
and parking lots. …
MSU
tobacco policy under review
The Reflector online - September 13, 2012
Bill Kibler, vice president of Student Affairs, said health standards
are considered important at Mississippi State University. Kibler is
currently working with members of the MSU Tobacco Task Force to research
and discuss options for moving toward a smoke-free campus. …
KU
won't ban tobacco use on all campuses
Sacramento Bee – September 13, 2012
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The University of Kansas won't join a growing trend
of banning all tobacco use. An advocacy group, Americans for Nonsmokers'
Rights, says 562 college campuses banned all tobacco use as of July
1. The University of Missouri will implement a campuswide ban on tobacco
on Jan. 1, 2014. …
Take
Your Last Puff Now: Obama Administration Backs Smoke-Free College
InTheCapital – September 13, 2012
Are you a student who enjoys the nicotine edge, a puff of smoke every
once in a while? … Statistically speaking, the advocacy group Americans
for Nonsmokers’ Rights has revealed that there were 774 colleges
across the country that were committed to having a non-smoking campus
as of July 1, with 562 declaring that they had banned tobacco use altogether.
Back in 2008, there were only 131 campuses that went smoke-free. That’s
a big jump and, according to Cynthia Hallett, Executive Director of
the group, she believes they were “undercounting.” …
U-M
praised for taking lead as smoke-free campus
Detroit Free Press - September 13, 2012
… U-M has banned smoking on campus since July 2011, meaning no
one can light up in buildings or outside them. On Wednesday, U.S. Assistant
Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh was on campus for an event to urge
college campuses across the country to follow U-M's lead. …
It's
a drag: University of Houston wants to ban smoking on campus ...
CultureMap Houston - September 13, 2012
The University of Houston is the latest Texas institution of higher
education that is considering a smoking ban on campus, following a threat
by the Cancer ...
Cleveland
State University plans to ban all tobacco use on campus
Plain Dealer - September 13, 2012
Tobacco use will likely be banned on Cleveland State University's campus.
The board of trustees' financial affairs committee today recommended
the university develop a policy to ban all tobacco products, including
smokeless tobacco. The full board is expected to approve a policy at
its November meeting. …
Smokers
deserve some space on campus
Boise State University The Arbiter Online - September 13, 2012
According to Kimberly Railey of the Christian Science Monitor in January
of 2011, 466 colleges around the United States had total prohibition
on smoking on their campuses. By January of 2012, that number jumped
to 648. …
U-M
officials say campus-wide smoking ban making some progress ...
AnnArbor.com (MI) - September 12, 2012
Marina Haque, 18, a sophomore biology major, said when the smoking
ban was ... Electronic cigarettes are not banned on campus, but are
at the U-M Health ...
Should
LSU be a smoke-free campus?
LSU The Reveille (LA) - September 12, 2012
Should LSU be a smoke-free campus? Should LSU be a smoke-free campus?
Yes 1 100%: No 0 0%. Loading… Rules of Conduct. 1 Keep it Clean.
Please ...
Nationwide
initiative to ban smoking on campuses announced at U-M
WDIV Detroit - September 12, 2012
An initiative to ban tobacco on college campuses nationwide will be
announced Wednesday at an event held by the University of Michigan.
...
UA-Fayetteville
ticketing smokers who flaunt ban
WXVT (AR) - September 12, 2012
UA-Fayetteville ticketing smokers who flaunt ban. Posted: Updated:
... The campus banned smoking in August 2010. Fayetteville television
station KHOG reports ...
Smoking
Ban Coming to More NJ Colleges? [AUDIO]
New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio (NJ) - September 12, 2012
Most of them also feature a ban on any tobacco products. Eliminating
tobacco use ... New Jersey has been no stranger to smoking bans. Beyond
state laws that ...
Up
in smoke: UTSA moves towards tobacco-free campus
The Paisano (University of Texas at San Antonio) - Sep 11, 2012
New smoking restrictions have recently been implemented around campus
buildings where research funded by the Cancer Prevention and Research
Institute of Texas (CPRIT) is conducted. This month, President Ricardo
Romo will appoint a task force that will prop...
More
colleges ban smoking on campus
USA Today – September 11, 2012
The days of lighting up a smoke are rapidly coming to an end at college
campuses across the USA. … On Wednesday, Howard Koh, U.S. assistant
secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, will be on
the University of Michigan campus to announce a White House-backed nationwide
push to get campuses everywhere to enact tobacco-free policies. …
According to advocacy group Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights, there
were 774 college campuses around the USA that had banned smoking as
of July 1, including 562 that had banned tobacco use altogether. That's
up from 131 campusess in 2008. And, Executive Director Cynthia Hallett
says, "I think we're undercounting." …
More
colleges ban smoking on campus
UPI.com - September 11, 2012
… Universities in Oklahoma, Montana and Oregon are the latest to
announce campus-wide bans against smoking. … The Advocacy group
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights said 774 U.S. college campuses have
banned smoking as of July 1, including 552 that prohibit tobacco use
altogether. Executive Director Cynthia Hallet [sic] said in 2008 there
were only 131 campuses where students and faculty weren't allowed to
smoke. …
Smoking
ban enforcement begins
FIUSM (FL) - September 11, 2012
The tobacco-smoke free regulation prohibited the use of any smoking
or tobacco ... Several other colleges and universities in Florida have
enacted a ban on ..
Government
Seeks To Cut Tobacco Use On College Campuses
CBS Local – September 11, 2012
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants college campuses
nationwide to take steps to eliminate tobacco use. …
Complete
tobacco ban considered
The UTD Mercury - Sep 10, 2012
On Aug. 28, vice president of administration Calvin Jamison led a town
hall meeting that introduced more information on a new tobacco policy
that took effect on Aug. 31. …
Not
Everyone Happy With ISU Smoking Ban
KPVI News 6 - September 6, 2012
The new campuswide smoking ban at ISU is only in its fifth day and it's
already ignited a firestorm. September 1, ISU joined 800 other campuses
across the ... The group, Students against Smoking Ban at ISU, was formed
because they don’t believe this survey gives an accurate reading
on the issue of smoking on the Idaho State University campus. On their
Facebook page they say that out of the roughly 14,000 students on ISU’s
campus, only 317 participated in the survey and equates to about 2 percent
of the student population. …
UT
and Rice disagree over most effective tobacco policy
UT The Daily Texan - September 4, 2012
Rice University initiates partial smoking ban to comply with Cancer
Prevention ... UT banned tobacco campus-wide earlier this year after
the Cancer Prevention ...
UO
campus tobacco-free starting Sept. 1
KVAL - August 30, 2012
EUGENE, Ore. - Smoke 'em if you got 'em: The University of Oregon campus
goes smoke and tobacco free starting Saturday, Sept. 1. The new change,
made official by Oregon Administrative Rule 571-050-0005, bans the use
of all tobacco products on property owned or controlled by the UO, including
its primary campus footprint in Eugene, the UO in Portland at the White
Stag Block, the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charleston and
the Pine Mountain Observatory near Bend. …
Smoking
bans take effect Saturday at Oregon State, UO
Albany Democrat Herald - August 31, 2012
Saturday is the first day of an official smoking ban at both Oregon
State University ... John Kitzhaber has issued an executive order banning
the use of tobacco ...
Tobacco's
hazy future
PSU Collegio – August 30, 2012
Last spring, the Student Government Association asked students to vote
on making the campus tobacco-free. A majority of the students who voted
said they wanted to make the campus tobacco-free, but making this a
reality will not happen immediately. “Although the tobacco-free
campus was on the SGA ballot, the final act is not up to the ... SGA's
involvement could include creating a tobacco-free committee that ...
UMaine-Augusta
to prohibit tobacco use on campus
Morning Sentinel – August 30, 2012
The University of Maine at Augusta will ban tobacco use starting in
January, joining a growing number of colleges and universities in Maine
and around the country. … The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
counts at least 774 smoke-free campuses in the US, of which 562 are
tobacco-free. Three states -- Arkansas ...
University
Senate skeptical of Board of Regents' campuswide ...
Diamondback Online - August 30, 2012
Members of the University Senate thought they had laid the issue of
a campuswide smoking ban to rest. Until a vote by the University System
of Maryland’s Board of Regents charged campuses to go smoke-free
by next summer leaving the senate’s most powerful subcommittee
to decide how to best implement the policy at its meeting yesterday
many university officials had simply accepted a subcommittee’s
decision from 2010 that a smoking ban would be impractical and difficult
to enforce. …
Implementation
of smoking ban: Education over enforcement
Corvallis Gazette Times - August 30, 2012
For the first time, smokers who attend a Beavers football game will
not be permitted to light up. Saturday is the first official day of
Oregon State University’s campus-wide smoking ban. …
Tobacco-free
campus a possibility
LSU The Reveille - August 27, 2012
Despite the warning signs plastered near the library’s entrance,
whiffs of cigarette smoke still linger in the air. Those aromas, along
with every other trace of tobacco, could eventually disappear from campus.
…
Applauds
Palomar's anti-smoking policy
North County Times - August 27, 2012
In response to, "Roses and raspberries: A 'snuffing out liberty'
raspberry," Aug. 20: As a recent college graduate, I am mortified
that the North County Times would bash Palomar College for taking a
stance against smoking. I am all for preserving the right to do as you
please when others aren't affected. However, the simple fact is that
secondhand smoke is detrimental to the health of smokers and non-smokers
alike. Nothing bugged me more as a student than the times I would come
in contact with a smoker while going from class to class. …
CSUF
to become a smoke-free campus
The Daily Titan - August 27, 2012
No more designated smoking areas. No more smoking on campus at all –
not twenty feet away from a building, not in the parking lot, not even
in your own car. …
UCF
goes smokeless
Daytona Beach News-Journal - August 27, 2012
UCF officials said they are joining hundreds of colleges and universities
around the nation that have a tobacco and/or smoke-free policy in place.
The new ...
UMC
Working Towards A Smoke Free Campus
EverythingLubbock.com - August 23, 2012
In a few months, cigarette smokers will not be able to get a job at
one major local hospital. Eric Finley with University Medical Center
said they will no longer hire nicotine users starting January 1, 2013.
…
USM
announces system-wide smoking ban
Towerlight - August 23, 2012
A new initiative passed by the University System of Maryland Board of
Regents last month banned smoking on all campuses within the USM. The
new initiative ...
ISU
Goes Smokeless
KPVI News 6 - August 22, 2012
Effective Sept. 1, Idaho State University will be a smoke free campus.
The decision came after reviewing the survey results of faculty, staff
and students who were asked about ISU’s role in regard to smoking
and whether ISU should be smoke free. …
Smoke-free
policy will take effect in 2013
Solano Tempest - August 22, 2012
Until the policy takes effect, smoking is permitted only in designated
areas. SCC will be joining over 30 California community colleges in
the smoke-free policy. …
ECC
considering smoke-free campus
Chicago Tribune (IL) - August 15, 2012
No one can smoke in the college's buildings due to the state's smoking
ban. ... Within the past year, other area community colleges have banned
smoking on ... after hearing the committee was formed, saying banning
smoking throughout the ...
It's
official: College of DuPage's campus tobacco free
Naperville Sun (IL) - August 14, 2012
...6, the campus of College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is tobacco free.
About 850 colleges and universities nationwide have tobacco-free policies,
according to a ...
Missouri
State University campuses are nearly smoke-free after 2 ...
KY3 - August 14, 2012
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- As students return to Missouri State University
for the fall semester, they're finding the campus is tobacco-free. The
university began a ...
New
policy will ban smoking within 25 feet of buildings at Auburn ...
WLTZ 38 NBC - August 13, 2012
New policy will ban smoking within 25 feet of buildings at Auburn University
... The new policy will continue the current prohibition against smoking
inside ...
SAN
MARCOS: Palomar College starts enforcing smoking ban
North County (CA) Times - Aug 13, 2012
The Palomar College governing board banned tobacco from its properties
Tuesday, after years of student efforts to make the campus a smoke-free
...
L.
Brooks Patterson's condition upgraded to stable
Detroit Free Press (MI) - August 12, 2012
Oakland Community College will institute a smoking ban on its five
county campuses beginning Sept. 1. The prohibition, passed by OCC's
Board of Trustees at ...
Solano
Community College campuses aim to be smoke free
Vacaville (CA) Reporter - Aug 12, 2012
After fielding complaints about smokers near the child care center,
the Solano Community College is moving toward making its campuses smoke-free,
the school announced Friday. Solano College on Aug. 1 implemented its
new smoke-free campus policy which al...
Troy
campus begins semester tobacco-free
Troy Messenger - August 10, 2012
The Troy University Board of Trustees approved a resolution July 22,
2011 designating Troy as a tobacco-free institution to be put into effect
on August 13, 2012. …
SOSU
goes tobacco free
KXII-TV - August 2, 2012
Starting August 1st, SOSU is tobacco free. "Students, faculty,
staff, and visitors will no longer be able to use tobacco products on
any properties that are owned on the campus premises," said, Director
of Student Health Services, April Lerling. …
HCC
going smoke free
WWLP 22News - August 2, 2012
Holyoke Community College is going smoke free. Beginning August 13th,
smoking will no longer be permitted in any building or outdoor area
on the 135-acre campus. …
UM
students vie for designated areas for new smoking ban
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online - August 2, 2012
While the University System of Maryland has approved a measure to establish
nonsmoking policies on each of its 12 campuses including the University
of Maryland, College Park, students and staff are questioning the enforcement
of such a policy and suggesting university officials designate smoking
areas on campus rather than establishing a campus-wide ban. …
Moberly
Area Community College Campus goes smoke-free
Moberly Monitor Index - August 1, 2012
Moberly, Mo. - Moberly Area Community College President Dr. Evelyn Jorgenson
announces that as of August 1, 2012, all of its campuses and properties
are completely tobacco-free. …
UTA
smoking ban continues one year later
UTA The Shorthorn (TX)- August 1, 2012
After one year of a tobacco ban at UTA, some students said they have
seen fewer people smoking on campus. There are no statistics to show
whether or not ...
SCSU
ready to use tobacco-free policy
St. Cloud Times - July 30, 2012
St. Cloud State University goes smoke-free Wednesday after two years
of planning. University leaders say the tobacco ban will provide a cleaner
and healthier campus for ...
Tobacco
Use Policy Implementation & Sustainability Committee
University Chronicle (St. Cloud State University) - July 31, 2012
St. Cloud State will be a tobacco-free campus, effective Aug. 1, 2012.
…
Kicking
the habit completely off campus
Champaign/Urbana (IL) News-Gazette – July 30, 2012
DANVILLE Oftentimes, Danville Area Community College student
Dustin Tabor has an urge to light up a cigarette before a difficult
class or exam. … Today, at least 774 college and universities have
enacted smoke- or tobacco-free policies, according to the American Nonsmokers'
Rights Foundation. Of those, 562 have tobacco-free policies (no forms
of tobacco are allowed), while 212 are only smoke-free (smokeless forms
of tobacco are allowed). The policies are in various phases of implementation.
"Those are the ones we're aware of," Bronson Frick, the foundation's
associate director, said of the schools on the list. He said higher
education institutions aren't required to report their smoking policies,
and his organization doesn't actively solicit the information. …
Tobacco-free:
MSU campus ban starts Wednesday
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle - July 29, 2012
Brandi Higgins would like to quit smoking someday, but still she isn't
pleased that starting Wednesday the Montana State University campus
where she works ...
Ole
Miss: Smoke-free campuses are common
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal – July 28, 2012
University of Mississippi officials say administrators did not pressure
Staff Council members to vote in favor of a smoking ban last year. …
More than 700 college campuses have gone smoke-free nationwide, Banahan
said. The American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation list of smoke-free
colleges includes five SEC members – Auburn, Arkansas, Florida,
Kentucky and Missouri – along with Mississippi schools Delta State
University, Itawamba Community College and Northeast Mississippi Community
College. …
Southeastern
goes tobacco-free August 1
Durant Daily Democrat - July 28 , 2012
Southeastern goes tobacco-free August 1 - DURANT – Beginning Aug.
1 2012 Southeastern Oklahoma State University will be tobacco-free.
This is in ...
Caldeira, K.M.; O'Grady, K.E.; Garnier-Dykstra, L.M.; Vincent, K.B.;
Pickworth, W.B.; Arria, A.M., "Cigarette
smoking among college students: longitudinal trajectories and health
outcomes," Nicotine & Tobacco Research 14: 777-785,
2012.
Smoking
bans: Tobacco-free college campuses on rise in US
Christian Science Monitor – July 25, 2012
At a growing number of campuses nationwide, total bans on cigarettes
and other tobacco products are showing up, barring students from lighting
up anywhere on school grounds – even in the open air. … In
total, about 770 colleges are now smoke-free, according to Americans
for Nonsmokers' Rights. Some take that policy a step further by forbidding
all forms ...
Upcoming
smoking ban could be ineffective
Central Florida Future – July 25, 2012
Faculty and students are holding their breath for the campus-wide smoking
ban that will take place on UCF’s main campus in the upcoming fall
semester. … According to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation,
15 colleges in Florida will be smoke-free by the end of this year, including
Valencia College and ...
Ohio
higher ed panel: Ban all tobacco on campuses
Lexington Herald-Leader – July 23, 2012
By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press
Ohio higher education officials have voted unanimously to urge the state's
public campuses to ban all tobacco use, both indoors and outdoors. The
Ohio Board of Regents' resolution approved Monday comes after a review
showed such policies help both smokers and nonsmokers and cut costs
for education institutions. It also calls for a ban on sales and advertising.
…
LETTER:
UA should ban smoking in Bryant-Denny
Tuscaloosa News - July 22, 2012
Dear Editor: Since last fall, I have been trying to get the University
of Alabama to ban smoking in all areas inside Bryant-Denny Stadium.
I have been ...
Ohio
Board of Regents considers policy against all tobacco on campuses
By Carol Biliczky
Akron Beacon Journal – July 22, 2012
Right now smokers have to step outside of a University of Akron building
to light up. Someday they may have to step off campus altogether. …
The number of campuses with smoking bans has grown from about 60 in
2007 to more than 700 today, according to Americans for Non-Smokers
Rights. …
Armstrong
attempts to alleviate need for nicotine
The Inkwell - Jul 21, 2012
With the end of summer semester approaching, the commencement of Armstrong’s
new tobacco-free campus policy is looming ahead. The policy is scheduled
to start Aug. 1, though many questions as to how the university will
implement and enforce this policy are still unanswered. However, Armstrong’s
timetable for implementation states it’s now in its final stages
of preparation. …
Smoking
ban coming to BGSU?
northwestohio.com - July 20, 2012
… The group Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights says campus tobacco
bans have risen from virtually zero a decade ago to 711 today. That
includes both four-year ...
Ohio
college may ban all smoking on campus
13abc Action News - July 20, 2012
Ohio higher education leaders plan a vote Monday urging the State's
public campuses to ban tobacco use. … Bans on the use, advertising
and sales of tobacco in all its forms are being enacted or considered
at perhaps half of campuses nationwide, sometimes over the ...
Ole
Miss staffers confront smoking ban
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - July 20, 2012
Ole Miss staffers confront smoking ban - OXFORD - Some University of
Mississippi employees oppose the campus-wide smoking ban that is set
to become ...
The
University of Maryland goes smoke-free
Examiner.com - July 18, 2012
The policy, which will take effect on June 30, 2013, prohibits smoking
on campus grounds, outdoor structures, and in school vehicles. Each
university president, however, will be able to designate a “very
limited area” where smoking may occur without interfering with
the health of others. …
Smoke
Free Campus 2012: What You Need to Know
KnightNews.com - July 18, 2012
UCF is joining 640 other institutions in the United States by going
as a “Smoke Free Campus” according to American Nonsmokers'
Rights Foundation. ...
Look
twice before lighting up on college campuses
ConnectTriStates.com powered by KHQA - July 17, 2012
One of the first things you see when you drive into Hannibal-LaGrange
University's campus is this smoke free sign. A sign Sarah Ellis will
have to obey once she ... College campuses nationwide are going smoke
free. The Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights reports campus tobacco bans
have risen from virtually zero a decade ago to more than 700 today.
The ban movement is driven by the health risks of secondhand smoke.
The Hannibal-LaGrange campus has been smoke-free for years. ...
Mott
Community College joins UM-Flint in becoming smoke-free campus
MLive.com - July 12, 2012
...James Metrick (right), an education major at Mott Community College,
... according to the advocacy group American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation.
...
Jacksonville
colleges vary in smoking rules
Florida Times-Union - July 9, 2012
Jacksonville's colleges and universities are a mixed bag of smoking
regulations. …In 2008, the college received the Tobacco-Free Jacksonville
Empty Ashtray Award, ... We're pushing toward becoming a totally tobacco-free
campus," said Blake ...
Smoke-free
learning a priority on Quincy-area college campuses
Quincy Herald Whig - Jul 8, 2012
As more and more colleges around the country consider totally banning
tobacco ... According to a recent story by the Associated Press, bans
on use, advertising ... Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo., all
ban smoking inside the buildings on ... LaTour said, smoking was banned
in all buildings, and smokers had to stay at ...
Missouri
State to abolish smokers' havens next month
Springfield News-Leader - Jul 8, 2012
As colleges and universities across the nation move to tobacco-free
campuses, Missouri State University on Aug. 15 will take a big step
in that direction when it abolishes its 25 ...
OPSU
Goes Tobacco Free
KSCB News.net - July 6, 2012
Oklahoma Panhandle State Univ. has banned all tobacco use throughout
the campus and all auxiliary property, such as the school farm and the
Guymon ...
Tobacco
ban on state property takes effect at University of Oklahoma ...
NewsOK.com - July 6, 2012
A new tobacco ban went into effect at OU on Sunday. The policy bars
anyone from smoking or using any other tobacco products anywhere on
campus, including ...
IU
begins smoke-free campaign
Indiana Daily Student - July 5, 2012
House Enrolled Act 1149, Indiana's first statewide smoke-free-air law,
went into effect July 1. The new Act mandates nearly all public places
in Indiana be smoke-free, including university campuses. …
Absolute
ban on smoking a long shot for Kansas universities
Kansas City Star - July 5, 2012
A ban on use and advertising at the City University of New York system
goes into effect in September, and the University ... But it has not
banned smoking itself. …
UM
set to go smoke-free
Clarksdale Press Register - July 5, 2012
OXFORD As of Jan. 1, 2013, the University of Mississippi's Oxford
campus will officially become smoke-free, when a new policy goes into
effect. …
Ole
Miss set to go smoke-free in 2013
Jackson Clarion Ledger - July 3, 2012
As of Jan. 1, 2013, the University of Mississippi's Oxford campus will
officially become smoke-free, when a new policy goes into effect. …
University
of Oklahoma campus completely smoke free
Norman Transcript - July 3, 2012
Students, faculty and staff at the University of Oklahoma have a new
incentive to kick the habit, as the university's new smoking ban took
effect Sunday…
USAO
goes tobacco free July 1
Chickasha Express Star - July 2, 2012
Campus visitors and students can breathe more freely than ever as the
University of Science and Arts joins all state agencies in banning tobacco,
…
Tobacco
ban goes into effect Monday on all MCCCD campuses
East Valley Tribune - June 29, 2012
Starting Monday, Jodi Soden, a student at Mesa Community College, will
be among those who have to get through the day without having a smoke
on campus as all Maricopa County Community College District facilities
become smoke- and tobacco-free. …
LETTER:
Stop smoking on campuses
Santa Maria (CA) Times - Jun 29, 2012
This policy would benefit students and faculty by eliminating exposure
to secondhand smoke, and promote the healthy higher learning atmosphere
of Allan Hancock College. …
No
More College Smoking? Trends in Academic Policy
Washington Monthly (blog) - June 28, 2012
Many more U.S. colleges are now instituting full smoking bans on campus.
... Still, the smoking ban represents an interesting, and probably not
very positive, trend on ... So the California's state system and CUNY
are banning campus smoking.
Colleges
move toward absolute bans on smoking
Associated Press, June 27, 2012
As a political science major at Ohio State University, Ida Seitter
says, she lit up many a cigarette to help her through the stress of
exam season. Right or wrong, they were her security blanket as she toiled
through college. … Health and education officials, anti-smoking
groups and a generation of students who grew up smoke-free are increasingly
united on the issue, says Bronson Frick, associate director of Americans
for Nonsmokers' Rights. "There are many reasons why a college or
university may choose to pursue this type of policy, whether secondhand
smoke, dorm fires, or other issues," he says. "They are also
questioning what the role of tobacco is in this academic setting, where
we're supposed to be standing for truth and training the next generation
of leaders." According to data kept by the nonsmokers group, campus
tobacco bans have risen from virtually zero a decade ago to 711 today.
That includes both four-year and two-year institutions, both public
and private. …
Univ.
of Missouri Columbia Smoke Free in 2014
KMOX.com - June 28, 2012
The University of Missouri at Columbia is going smoke-free in 2014.
... Bans on use, advertising and sales of tobacco in all its forms are
being enacted or ... A ban on use and advertising at the City University
of New York system goes into effect ...
NEO
to go completely tobacco-free in August
Joplin Globe - June 24, 2012
Courtney Crosby, 18, usually heads to a table and chairs just outside
her apartment building when she wants to smoke. She was surprised last
week to…
CCBC
tobacco ban part of larger trend in schools
Baltimore Sun - June 22, 2012
The Community College of Baltimore County plans to snuff out tobacco
use on its campuses starting July 1, continuing a trend already found
at many other schools in the Baltimore area. …
Ohio
Board of Regents will consider smoke-free campuses next week
WKSU News - June 21, 2012
A state ban already prohibits smoking indoors at Ohio's universities
and colleges.But at its meeting...
Green
River CC could become smoke-free campus
Northwest Cable News - June 19, 2012
GRCC would be the fourth Washington community college to enforce such
a rule, if it's passed later this month. …
Campus
smoking bans becoming more common
Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram - Jun 17, 2012
Nationwide, community colleges and public and private universities
have tightened regulation of tobacco use or banned tobacco products.
The University of Texas at Arlington went tobacco-free last year,
Angelina
College announces tobacco-free campus for fall 2012
Lufkin Daily News (TX) June 18, 2012
Following its monthly board meeting this week, Angelina College officials
have announced the approval of a policy making the AC campus tobacco-free
...
Angelina
campus goes tobacco free in fall semester
KETK (TX)- June 14, 2012
Lufkin - The Lufkin Daily News is reporting; following its monthly
board meeting this week, Angelina College officials have announced the
approval of a policy ...
SUNY
trustees approve ban on smoking
Albany Times Union - June 14, 2012
Smoking has been banned inside SUNY dorms, buildings and vehicles since
2007. Officials at the University at Albany have been discussing a tobacco
ban ...
SUNY
bans smoking on all campuses effective 2014
The Business Review - June 12, 2012
Starting in January 1, 2014, smoking will be banned at all of the State
University at New York's 63 campuses. SUNY's board of trustees voted
today to ban smoking on campus grounds and in all campus ...
St.
Cloud State Becomes Tobacco-Free Aug. 1
KSTP.com (MN)- June 12, 2012
The university is set to become tobacco-free on Aug. 1, becoming the
sixth four-year school in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
system to ...
WVU
approves campus-wide tobacco ban
Daily Mail - Charleston - June 8, 2012
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A new tobacco-free policy planned for the Morgantown
campus of West Virginia University doesn't mean smokers will be carted
off to jail ...
SHSU
goes tobacco free
Huntsville Item - June 8, 2012
Students, professors and staff at SHSU can no longer light up and dip
on campus. SHSU President Dr. Dana Gibson announced last week that Sam
Houston State University will comply with new Texas State University
System Board of Regents Regulations, that prohibit use of all tobacco
products on campus. …
1
In 3 College Students Has Smoked Hookah
WCYB - June 7, 2012
… Unfortunately, smoking hookah delivers the same chemical compounds
as smoking a cigarette. In fact, one session (usually about 45 to 60
minutes) delivers approximately 100 times the smoke as a single cigarette,
with 40 times the tar and 10 times the carbon monoxide. ...
WVNCC
Is Going Tobacco Free
Wheeling Intelligencer - June 7, 2012
WHEELING West Virginia Northern Community College is joining
more than 250 institutions of higher learning across the nation in making
its campuse...
Ohio
higher ed leaders urge campus bans on tobacco
Dayton Daily News, June 4, 2012
A measure urging a ban on tobacco on Ohio's public college campuses
will be presented to the state's higher education board, the board chairman
said. … The number of smoke-free college campuses across the nation
has grown from a handful to around 700 since Americans for Nonsmokers'
Rights in Berkeley, ...
Public
colleges in Ohio asked to go totally smoke-free
Cleveland Plain Dealer - June 4, 2012
Ohio Board of Regents Chairman James Tuschman said he will introduce
a resolution at this month's meeting asking boards of trustees at two-
and four-year ... Bronson Frick, associate director of Americans for
Nonsmokers' Rights in Berkeley, Calif., said that the number of smoke-free
college campuses across the nation has grown from a handful to around
700 since his organization began tracking information about a decade
ago. …
UNT
plans ban on smoking
Officials now working out details of policy to free campus of bad
habit
Denton Record Chronicle, June 2, 2012
The University of North Texas recently announced it will ban smoking
on its Denton campus effective in January 2013. … More than 700
colleges and universities across the country have instituted smoking
bans, according to a report from the American Nonsmokers’ Rights
Foundation. …
Lamar
University goes smoke-free June 1
Liberty Vindicator - June 1, 2012
Lamar University, along will all member schools in The Texas State
University System, will become a smoke-free campus effective June 1.
According to TSUS ...
College
trustees hear smoking complaint
Daily Inter Lake (MT) - May 24, 2012
At its regular May meeting on Monday, the Flathead Valley Community
College Board of Trustees raised the age for the senior tuition benefit
to 65 and heard a student complaint about the campus smoking policy.
… The college now only allows smoking in designated areas. ...
He said secondhand smoke kills 50000 people each year, and that about
four Montanans die ...
Go
smokeless at Hancock
Santa Maria Times - May 24, 2012
Smoking on campus can harm students, employees, professors and children
in the ... Secondhand smoke will surely harm everyone, especially people
with ...
Cal
State Fullerton to become first smoke-free CSU campus
Los Angeles Times - May 18, 2012
Lighting up anywhere on the grounds of Cal State Fullerton will be
forbidden under a new policy that makes Fullerton the first completely
smoke-free campus in the Cal State system.
DEKALB
CO. | Local universities ban tobacco use
WXIA-TV (GA) - April 3, 2012
Emory, Oglethorpe and Mercer Universities have teamed up to create
tobacco-free campuses, and they're partnering with the DeKalb County
Board of Health. …
Montana
State campuses to go smoke free this fall
Helena Independent Record - Apr 2, 2012
Montana State University campuses in Bozeman and Billings plan to kick
the smoking habit this fall. The Bozeman campus goes smoke free on Aug.
1, followed two weeks later by the Billings campus on Aug. 15. "There
is no right to smoke," Darla Tyler-McSherry ...
Air
clears at ULM after ban expansion
Monroe News Star, March 24, 2012
The University of Louisiana at Monroe will soon become an almost tobacco-free
campus. …According to American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, there
are now at least 648 college campuses nationwide that have enacted 100
percent smoke-free campus ...
President
Gogue makes smoking ban final
The Auburn Plainsman - March 22, 2012
By fall 2013, Auburn will join nearly 800 other higher education institutions
as a smoke-free campus. “This is a complex decision for any university
to make ...
USF
Corrals Smokers on Tampa Campus
WUSF 89.7 News (FL) March 20, 2012
By Steve Newborn (Send E-Mail) The University of South Florida's Tampa
campus has become one of the biggest places in the state to ban smoking
outdoors. ...
Our
view: And they're leading the charge to end smoking
Duluth News Tribune - March 21, 2012
But today in the Northland they're helping lead the charge against
smoking and secondhand smoke. And for that: credit. Seven Northeastern
Minnesota campuses ...
Smoking
policies on Boston campuses
Boston Globe - March 15, 2012
Policy: Bars smoking of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes in any facility
or ... Policy: Banned in all university buildings; no restrictions on
smoking outside ...
College
Of DuPage Considers Campuswide Smoking Ban
CBS Local - March 15, 2012
Nonsmokers complain that smokers routinely violate a rule that restricts
them from lighting up less than 25 feet of entrances – particularly
during the cold ...
CCBC
To Become Tobacco-Free Campus
Dundalk (MD) Patch.com - March 15, 2012
By Ron Snyder CCBC president Sandra Kurtinitis said the college will
implement a tobacco-free policy on its campuses beginning July 1. …
University
of South Florida limits smoking on campus
Tampabay.com - March 15, 2012
USF St. Petersburg is smoke-free. The University of Florida's campus
was made smoke-free in July 2010. Florida State University bans smoking
within 50 feet ...
MUSC
smoking ban starts today
Live 5 News - March 1, 2012
CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC)- MUSC goes tobacco-free Thursday. The smoking
ban is an effort to make the hospital and school a healthy campus. ...
Hahn, E.J.; Fallin, A.; Darville, A.; Kercsmar, S.E.; McCann, M.; Record,
R.A., "The
three Ts of adopting tobacco-free policies on college campuses,"
Nursing Clinics of North America 47(1): 109-117, March 2012.
This article describes a 3-pronged compliance strategy to implement
a tobacco-free campus policy at 1 large, land grant public university
in the South, and evaluates its impact on outcomes and costs. ...
Seeing
Through the Smoke
University Daily Kansan, February 29, 2012
…There are complete smoking bans on more than 650 college campuses
in the US, according to American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation. And
while smoking bans and ...
HKS
To Go Smoke-Free March 1
Harvard Crimson - February 28, 2012
The smoking ban comes at a moment when College administrators and House
Masters ... suggested that workplace smoking bans could have a multiplying
effect. ...
Colleges
Consider Smoking Bans
Georgetown University The Hoya - February 28, 2012
The Georgetown University Medical Center became smoke-free as of January
2011. Health Education Services Director Carol Day said that campus
officials have ...
Academic
Senate unanimously votes smoke-free campus
The Daily Titan - Feb 27, 2012
By Michael Munoz The Academic Senate, in a unanimous 39-0 vote, decided
that Cal State Fullerton will be a smoke-free campus, beginning Aug.
1, 2013.
New
MUSC smoking ban starts next week
Live 5 News - February 24, 2012
The ban, which includes all tobacco products including electronic cigarettes,
will be enforced on the entire campus. The ban also includes smoking
in your ...
Tufts'
Boston Campus Gets Ready To Go Tobacco-Free For April
BostInno - February 24, 2012
Smoking will be prohibited at all building entrances, as well as in
the garage ... tobacco products and to reduce involuntary exposure to
secondhand smoke, ...
All
UC campuses will become smoke-free
Daily Californian - January 11, 2012
UC President Mark Yudof is requesting the entire University of California
system become smoke-free over the next two years.
In a letter dated Monday, Yudof asked chancellors to form committees
on their respective campuses to implement smoke-free policies within
the next 24 months. UC spokesperson Steve Montiel said the letter was
sent to chancellors via email Tuesday. ...
Study:
Fewer College Students Smoke Since Tobacco Bans on Campus
WFMY News 2 - December 19, 2011
... The study is published in the online version of the journal Tobacco
Control, was conducted as part of the North Carolina Tobacco-Free Colleges
Initiative, ...
Southern
University System Goes Tobacco-Free
WDSU New Orleans - November 1, 2011
The Southern Board of Supervisors has decided to ban tobacco at all
of Southern University's campuses starting in January. The Advocate
reports the move ...
Glassman, T.J.; Reindl, D.M.; Whewell, A.T., "Strategies
for implementing a tobacco-free campus policy," Journal
of American College Health 59(8): 764-768, September 27, 2011.
This article was a primer on how college students and health advocates
can create and implement tobacco free policies, anticipating the pitfalls
and conflicts that might arise. Special attention is given to media
advocacy and lobbying of university officials.
Boren
hopes to make OU smoke-free by spring 2012 semester
Oklahoma Daily - September 13, 2011
OU President David Boren hopes to have a campus-wide ban on tobacco
use in place by the spring semester, he said Monday during his State
of the University ...
OU
going tobacco-free
Norman Transcript - James S. Tyree - September 13, 2011
... of cleaning them up as reasons for the ban. The OU Health Sciences
Center and OU-Tulsa already are tobacco-free campuses, as is Oklahoma
State University.
SMMUSD
Set To Ban Electric Cigarettes
Santa Monica Mirror - Parimal M. Rohit - September 5, 2011
... to expand the ban on tobacco-related products to electronic cigarettes.
... In studying two e-cigarette products manufactured by Njoy and Smoking
...
Smokers
so far complying with University of Montana's tobacco ban
The Missoulian, 2011-09-05
CHELSI MOY of the Missoulian
Several times last week, Julee Stearns strolled along Arthur and Beckwith
avenues offering free-drink coupons to smokers standing in the grassy
area between the street and the sidewalk. ...
Colleges
tell smokers, 'You're not welcome here'
CNN - Stephanie Steinberg - August 31, 2011
… An increasing number of colleges adopted smoke-free or tobacco-free
policies in the past few years, according to American
Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation Project Manager Liz Williams. In the
past year alone, 120 campuses were added to the smoke-free
list. …
New
School Year Tobacco Free At UM
NBC Montana - Emily Adamson – August 29, 2011
The University of Montana's fall semester started Monday, and so did
the tobacco free policy. It requires UM students, employees, and visitors
to use ...
NDSCS
is tobacco free
Wahpeton Daily News - Miles Trump - August 29, 2011
When classes started at North Dakota State College of Science Monday,
so did a new tobacco-free campus policy. ...
Tobacco
Ban Slated To Start In January
The Emory Wheel - Roshani Chokshi - Molly Davis - August 26, 2011
Task force members chose transitional smoking zones based on their ...
free campus to a full-ban on tobacco will likely last from January to
August 2012. ...
University
of Mary latest school to ban smoking and tobacco on campus
Bismarck Tribune, August 21, 2011
The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation says at least 530 colleges
nationwide are smoke free, while the American Lung Association of Oregon
says at least ...
Montana
Western campus in Dillon goes tobacco free
Greenfield Daily Reporter - August 1, 2011
It prohibits the use of tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes,
as well as all forms of smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes. The effort
to move Western ...
Texas
State kicks-off tobacco-free policy
Newstreamz San Marcos - August 1, 2011
... and vehicles in 2000, and several outside smoke-free zones were
established in 2005. The Round Rock campus opened in 2005 as a tobacco-free
campus.
UTA
to ban tobacco products
Houston Chronicle - July 29, 2011
2011 AP Starting Monday, the campus will become completely tobacco-free.
Faculty, students, staff and visitors will not be allowed to use any
tobacco ...
Oregon
colleges and universities plan to go smoke-free
The Oregonian, 2011-07-26
Bill Graves, The Oregonian
Colleges want to wipe out tobacco and the dangers of second-hand smoke,
promote better health, reduce litter -- and prepare students for a near
universal smoke-free workplace in a state where policy banned smokers
from public buildings, restaurants and some parks years ago. By next
fall, most smokers at Oregon universities will have to leave campus
to light up. ...
Valencia
to ban smoking on all campuses
Orlando Sentinel, July 24, 2011
As of July 1, there were at least 530 smoke-free colleges in the United
States, according to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation. ...
Troy
University trustees adopt policy banning tobacco use
WSFA 12 (Montgomery, AL), 2011-07-23
Susan Moore
Troy University's trustees passed a resolution Friday banning use of
all tobacco products on its campuses and teaching locations worldwide
beginning Aug, 13, 2012. ...
University
of Montana goes tobacco-free
KPAX CBS 8 (Missoula, MT), 2011-07-22
Montana Tech in Butte did it. Montana State University in Bozeman did
it, as did MSU in Billings. Now the University of Montana will go tobacco-free
beginning on August 28th. ...
College
campuses go smoke free
Selma Times-Journal, July 8, 2011
…The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation reports nearly 60
college campuses around the US have already enacted smoke-free policies.
...
Lighting
up at University of Michigan about to get harder
Detroit (MI) Free Press, 2011-06-12
DAVID JESSE DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
U-M will be the first major university in the state to ban smoking
on its campus, including in popular open spaces such as the Diag --
the university's version of Central Park. ...
Smoke-free
outdoor spaces on college campuses are widespread across North Carolina
HealthCanal.com, 2011-06-10
A new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
survey of all North Carolina colleges shows that outdoor college smoking
prevention policies are now in effect at 88 percent of North Carolina's
colleges and universities (97 of 110). All UNC system and North Carolina
Community College System campuses now have smoke-free buildings. ...
Franklin
College to ban smoking
Indianapolis Star, May 16, 2011 | Associated Press
FRANKLIN, Ind. -- A small liberal arts college in central Indiana will
completely ban smoking on campus starting July 1. Franklin College says
its campus will soon be smoke-free and ...
BLOCK
BILL WOULD ALLOW COLLEGES TO ENFORCE SMOKING BANS, LEVY FINES ON SMOKERS
East County (CA) Magazine (Heartland Foundation), 2011-05-08
Assembly Higher Education Chair Marty Block (D-Lemon Grove) has authored
legislation that calls on campuses of the California Community Colleges
(CCC), California State University (CSU), and the University of California
(UC) to enforce local and system-wide smoking and tobacco laws and ordinances
already in place. AB 795 would give these institutions the authority
to enforce current policies and fine perpetrators. ...
MSU
leaders vote to make campus tobacco-free
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle - May 5, 2011
MSU Provost Martha Potvin said when the University of North Dakota imposed
a tobacco ban, some people would still smoke in their cars, arguing
it was private property. It was also tough, she said, for deans to walk
up to somebody smoking behind a ...
UMass
Faculty Senate passes campus tobacco ban
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian - William Perkins III - April 8, 2011
Additionally, the approved smoking ban proposal calls for the creation
of a Tobacco-Free Campus Committee, which will be made up of members
from the student and faculty body and will be charged with carrying
out most of the implementation of the policy ...
Hookah
Use Widespread Among College Students Study Reveals Mistaken Perception
...
Newswise (press release) - April 5, 2011
Newswise WINSTON-SALEM, NC – April 5, 2011 – Despite
a growing number of cities instituting smoking bans across the country,
hookah bars are cropping up everywhere – from chic downtown cafes
to locations near college campuses, where they've found a ...
City
University's 23 Colleges Are the Latest to Ban Smoking
New York Times, January 24, 2011
Last summer, the University at Buffalo banned smoking on its three
campuses. Last month, Columbia University approved a measure that prohibits
smoking within 20 feet of buildings.
And on Monday, the trustees of the City University of New York, the
largest urban higher-education system in the country, voted to forbid
smoking on all 23 of its campuses, from the College of Staten Island
to Lehman College in the Bronx.
CUNY’s move is the latest in a wave of comprehensive smoking bans
on college campuses nationwide, a trend that began about five years
ago and has gathered momentum in recent months. The American Nonsmokers’
Rights Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy group, reported this month that
at least 466 campuses had completely banned smoking or passed resolutions
to do so. ...
UO
announces plan to ban smoking
The rule will take effect in 2012 after officials work out details
Eugene (OR) Register-Guard, 2010-11-18
Greg Bolt and Saul Hubbard The Register-Guard
The University of Oregon announced Wednesday that it plans to go entirely
tobacco-free as part of a new initiative promoting healthy lifestyles
for students, faculty and staff. That means no tobacco use -- cigarettes
or otherwise -- anywhere on campus.
But the ban won't go into effect until the start of fall term 2012,
giving campus health officials almost two years to work out the details
of the prohibition and to prepare the campus community for the change.
And it will provide time to work out some of the thornier technicalities
of what is now a broadly conceived program.
The ban, approved by UO President Richard Lariviere, was unveiled at
a morning event that included the announcement that the UO has landed
a $1 million gift that will help fund the university's new Healthy Campus
Initiative, including more help for students and employees who want
to quit tobacco. ...
SU
partners with county to explore possibility of becoming smoke-free campus
Daily Orange (Syracuse University), 2010-10-25
Contributing Writer
A smoke-free campus could be in the works within the next three years,
as Syracuse University has partnered with the Onondaga County Health
Department through a state program called Colleges for Change.
November marks the 35th annual Great American Smokeout, during which
organizations encourage smokers to quit or make a plan to quit.
As a part of New York state's tobacco control program, Colleges for
Change aims to reduce the promotion of tobacco and lower exposure to
secondhand smoke on campus. The age group with the highest prevalence
of smoking in the state is 18- to 24-year-olds, according to a Sept.
10 SU News Services release. ...
LETTER:
Purdue should ban smoking on campus
Evansville (IN) Courier & Press, 2010-10-25
Justin Franklin Evansville
Purdue University is going to continue receiving complaints and be
stuck with the negative consequences of a partial smoking policy on
its campus unless officials there take the necessary steps to limit
the number of smoking areas and ultimately ban smoking from the campus.
Partial smoking bans are confusing and hard to enforce for campus security
and are still harmful to the surrounding environment and populace. .
. .
Purdue University should focus on mitigating the real problem with
their policy the fact that they still allow students and faculty
to smoke on campus instead of attempting to enforce a stressful
and unsuccessful system. ...
Brookdale
weighs ban on smoking on campus
Asbury Park (NJ) Press, 2010-10-24
JENNIFER BRADSHAW * STAFF WRITER
MIDDLETOWN -- Smoking on college campuses is gradually being snuffed
out, as some campuses are banning smoking for health and littering reasons.
The Board of Trustees at Brookdale Community College is considering
a campuswide ban, which if approved next month would mean that as of
January, the only place smokers could light up would be in their cars.
Ocean County College goes even further, banning smoking everywhere,
including in cars at the Toms River campus. At the area's two other
campuses, the policy is less restrictive. At Monmouth University in
West Long Branch, smokers are asked to stand at least 25 feet away from
the building. At Georgian Court University in Lakewood, students are
asked to smoke in designated areas, similar to the current policy at
Brookdale. ...
Salem
State extends smoking ban to entire campus
The Salem News - Tom Dalton - September 22, 2010
Salem State College will ban smoking on its entire campus beginning
next September, instituting what may be the toughest policy of any public
four-year college in the state. ...
... With this move, Salem State joins more than 260 colleges and universities
across the country that have banned smoking and tobacco products on
campus, ...
LSU
bans hookahs from dorms
WWL - Meg Farris, Greg Renoud - September 14, 2010
BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU residence halls have been smoke free since
1998, and now there's a new ban.
Students caught with a water pipe, known as a hookah, will have it
confiscated by campus officials. But people who use hookahs may have
other problems.
It's a popular way for people, especially young adults, to gather and
socialize, smoking together using a water pipe called a hookah. But
this semester LSU students in Baton Rouge have been told there are new
rules: no hookahs allowed in or outside university residence halls.
"We decided to opt to list it specifically as potential drug paraphernalia
and to outlaw it in line with our current policies of smoke free and
illegal drug free," said Steve Waller, the director of the Department
of Residential Life at LSU.
LSU officials are worried that it is a fire hazard, that it is unhealthy
and students could also use the pipe for marijuana. ...
A
controversial smoking ban is now in effect across Arkansas
Today's THV - August 2, 2010
A controversial smoking ban is now in effect across Arkansas.
The ban restricts smoking on all public-supported higher education
campuses in Arkansas. It means students, faculty, staff and visitors
are not allowed to light up while on those properties.
The ban is called the "Clean Air on Campus Act."
The Arkansas legislature passed it in April of last year. The intention
is to steer smokers towards healthier habits by focusing on college
campuses.
Signs that once allowed smoking a few feet away from buildings at Pulaski
Technical College have been replaced with ones reiterating the ban.
"We're hoping it provides an impetus to get more people to quit
smoking because it's one of the number one killers of otherwise healthy
people," said Tim Jones, the school's Public Relations Spokesman.
...
Boise
State honored for going smoke-free on university property
IdahoStatesman.com - February 23, 2010
Boise State University has been recognized by local public health officials
for the university's campus-wide smoking ban.
The Central District Health Department picked BSU for its "Leadership
in Community Public Health" award. BSU's smoke-free policy applies
to all students, employees, contractors, volunteer and visitors on all
university-controlled property.
The ban has been in place since the fall of 2009.
"The dangers of tobacco use are well-established," said Russ
Duke, director of the Central District Health Department. "We thought
it appropriate to recognize Boise State's effort to improve and maintain
a healthy and safe environment for everyone on campus." ...
Community
colleges in N.J. are cutting back on lighting up
(Newark, NJ) Star-Ledger, 2010-01-10
Lawrence Ragonese/The Star-Ledger
MORRIS COUNTY -- A few cigarette butts littered the ground near an
entrance to an academic building at the County College of Morris. Nearby,
an employee was observed furtively puffing away in the cold outside
the college administration building.
There are still signs of smoking at CCM three years after it became
one of the first two colleges in the state to declare a totally smoke-free
campus. But officials say smoking is now the exception and contend they
have a healthier and cleaner campus -- now one of five state community
colleges that do not allow tobacco use. Star-Ledger file photo.There
are still signs of smoking at CCM three years after it became one of
the first two colleges in the state to declare a totally smoke-free
campus. But officials say smoking is now the exception and contend they
have a healthier and cleaner campus -- now one of five state community
colleges that do not allow tobacco use ...
Mount
Hood Community College bans smoking
OregonLive.com - Bill Graves - January 6, 2010
Mount Hood Community College this week became the third Oregon community
college to ban smoking on campus. Mount Hood Community College this
week became the ...
Lake
Region State College to go tobacco-free
Grand Forks Herald - January 7, 2010
Smoke-free signs on that Devils Lake campus will be replaced with similar,
tobacco-free/smoke-free signs. Information regarding the policy also
will be ...
Widener
Goes Smoke-Free
NBC Philadelphia - Teresa Masterson - January 5, 2010
Widener University will be the first area four-year college to go smoke-free,
indoors and out, reports the Inquirer.
The smoking ban includes the use of all tobacco products on campus.
The decision to go tobacco-free came about by recommendations of a
committee made up of students, faculty and staff who were concerned
about health effects of second-hand smoke and increased health insurance
costs for smokers and chewers.
To make the July 1 ban an easier transition for faculty and students,
the university is offering free smoking-cessation classes as well as
nicotine-replacement drugs. ...
No
butts about it: Dakota County Technical College goes tobacco-free in
2010
Sun Newspapers (MN), 2010-01-01
KATIE MINTZ
When students return to class at Dakota County Technical College Jan.
11, they should leave one provision behind.
Effective Jan. 1, the use of any tobacco product by employees, students
or visitors is prohibited on college property.
The Rosemount facility joins a growing list of higher education institutions
in the state that have gone tobacco-free. There are currently 14, from
other technical colleges like Northwest in Bemidji to the University
of Minnesota Duluth.
Former Student Senate President Jenny Anderson of Rosemount initiated
the policy at DCTC after attending a statewide student association conference
in December 2008.
Dalton
State goes tobacco-free
Dalton (GA) Daily Citizen-News, 2009-12-06
Rachel Brown Dalton Daily Citizen
Dalton State College has joined the ranks of other tobacco free campuses
in the University System of Georgia.
"Our original plan wasn't to do that," said student body
president Daniel Sanchez. "What we really wanted to do was what
the students wanted."
Last fall, 67 percent of respondents with DSC e-mail addresses -- including
both students and faculty -- voted in a survey to eliminate all forms
of tobacco everywhere on campus. According to an American Lung Association
report, there are 14 other University System of Georgia colleges with
tobacco-free campuses. ...
Campus-wide
ban on smoking goes into effect
Tobacco-free policy forcing some students, faculty off campus
UC-Denver Advocate , 2009-12-03
Kyle McDaniel
The decision was given the nod by Dr. M. Roy Wilson, chancellor at
UC Denver. The first stage commenced April 6, allowing a covered space
in the Evergreen Parking Lot on campus for smokers to huddle into during
their smoke breaks.
But on Oct. 31, even the "shack," purposed for smoking, was
shut down. And although the health effects of smoking are clear today,
some were still unhappy with the change.
Kristie Fields, a facilities coordinator at the school, was one of
the smokers affected by the policy change.
"A lot of my smoker friends are fit to be tied," she said
and laughed. "Mad as can be. We had our little smoking shack. We
can't even go there now; we can't even get out of the weather."
The official news release that was posted on the UCD website before
the ban went into effect read, "One of our nation's leading causes
of disease and death will soon be completely banned from the entire
Anschutz medical campus." ...
Institute
Announces Campus-Wide Smoking Ban
Soon to be seen all over the RPI campus
RPInsider (Troy, NY) (blog), 2009-11-30
A campus-wide email was sent out this afternoon from William Walker,
VP for Strategic Communications and External Relations regarding smoking.
Effective July 1, 2010, smoking will be prohibited on the Rensselaer
campus. Smokers will have to go to the sidewalk. The message claimed
that many people begin smoking at around age 19, so they are looking
out for the best interest of the students. We suspect that some of them
are probably a little upset, but it’s the staff members that will
really be affected. I think it’s a pretty good idea smoking
harms those around the smoker, so in order to provide a healthy school
environment, smoking must be regulated. ...
UofL
smoking ban coincides with Great American Smoke Out
WHAS 11.com (subscription) - Amy Stallings - November 19, 2009
Thursday is The Great American Smoke Out and as a part of the smoke
out, Kentucky’s two largest universities are going smoke free.
Smoking bans are now in place at the University of Louisville and the
University of Kentucky. ...
University
Further Restricts Smoking
INDYchannel.com - November 19, 2009
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Purdue University campus will be virtually
smoke-free beginning next summer.
A new campus-wide police was announced Thursday. Smoking will be allowed
in a few areas, but those have yet to be determined.
The enhanced ban, which goes into effect July 1, will also prohibit
smoking in all vehicles owned or leased by the university. ...
UM
initiative bans smoking
UW Badger Herald - Stephanie Albrecht - November 17, 2009
Students at both the University of Michigan and Purdue
University would have to either quit or find somewhere else to puff
up if a smoking ban under serious consideration at both Midwestern schools
is implemented.
The Michigan initiative bans smoking anywhere on its three campuses
and, in lieu of receiving a ticket, offenders will be forced to attend
workshops encouraging them to drop the habit.
“We are working to promote a culture of health, and this fits
into that philosophy … We believe a smoke-free environment is another
strong way to encourage a healthy lifestyle,” said Kallie Michels,
associate vice president of communication at Michigan. “We hope
that the policy will translate into more members of our community quitting
smoking or never starting.”
The goal of the initiative is to make the campus completely smoke-free
by July 2011 in order to create a “culture of health.” ...
Proposal
would extend UF smoking ban to Greeks
If adopted, rule would prohibit tobacco products' use on off-campus
property of fraternities and sororities.
Gainesville (FL) Sun, 2009-11-11
Nathan Crabbe Sun Staff Writer
The University of Florida's tobacco ban would apply to fraternities
and sororities when it takes effect next year, under a proposal released
Wednesday by the university.
UF banned tobacco use in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium starting this season
and on the property of health-related facilities starting Nov. 1. A
university-wide ban is planned for July 1.
The proposed regulation, which is scheduled to be considered next month
by UF trustees, would prohibit smoking as well as the use of smokeless
tobacco and electronic devices meant to simulate smoking. It would apply
to university-owned land in Alachua County and Jacksonville.
It also would apply to land occupied or controlled by fraternities
and sororities recognized by UF, which includes property on and off
campus. ...
UM
to ban tobacco products on campus starting in fall 2011
The Missoulian, 2009-11-10
JAMIE KELLY of the Missoulian
The University of Montana is poised to join a growing roster of colleges
nationwide banning tobacco on campus.
The ban is set to go into effect in the fall of 2011, and would be
the second campuswide smoking ban in Montana - as Montana Tech in Butte
is going tobacco-free in 2010.
Montana State University has proposed a similar ban.
Across the country, more and more colleges are banning not just smoking,
but the use of all tobacco products anywhere on campus. There are now
172 tobacco-free campuses nationwide, and another 322 smoke-free campuses.
UM and other Montana campuses currently have a 25-foot smoking perimeter
around building entrances. But a study by the UM Tobacco Task Force
found that nearly two-thirds of smokers were violating that regulation.
...
Burnt
Out | University of Miami takes first step in effort to start campus
...
SU The Daily Orange (subscription) - November 10, 2009
Smoking is now banned in and around the University of Miami's Leonard
M. Miller School of Medicine.
UM opted to convert not only the building and medical center, but also
the outside facilities into a smoke-free environment.
"I think it makes sense banning smoking from the medical center,
a place that is supposed to promote healthy behavior," said Gabriel
Hernandez, a senior biology major at the University of Miami.
The ban will include parking lots, garages, parked cars and the area
outside of the Medical Center, according to an article in the university's
student newspaper, The Miami Hurricane. ...
SRJC
smokers pushed off campus
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Mark Aronoff - November 9, 2009
Tobacco smokers at Santa Rosa Junior College are becoming increasingly
marginalized — literally — with a strict new policy that has
pushed them past the edges of the campus.
To overcome complaints about droves of smokers puffing away on the border
of the smoke-free campus, the school has instituted a policy prohibiting
smoking within a minimum of 20 feet from the college property, including
sidewalks.
“We used to be able to smoke by the library,” said Aaron
Carpenter, 20, as he took a smoking break from his English class Monday
afternoon. “They pushed us back. Eventually, they'll kick us down
all the way to the freeway.”
“There should be a designated smoking area,” said his classmate
Matthew Bandy, 22, echoing the suggestion of other smokers who said
they are exiled to an adjacent residential neighborhood if they want
to grab a quick smoke.
Not only have the places disappeared where students can smoke, campus
police are about to be granted the authority to issue citations for
smoking infractions. The tickets are backed by fines that start at $100
for the first offense, increase to $250 for the second, and $500 for
a third offense.
Santa Rosa City Council members this afternoon are poised to pass a resolution
that allows Junior College police to enforce the city ordinance prohibiting
smoking around workplaces and public places, within a 20-foot radius.
...
Colleges
Nationwide Banning Tobacco On-Campus
WCTV - John Rogers - November 9, 2009
At Florida State, they can only settle down and light up in certain
parts of campus.
Throughout FSU's campus, green ash trays designate where smokers can
light up. Black ash trays are placed throughout the school to prevent
littering. But FSU is phasing in a plan to gradually make the campus
more smoke free
FSU Health Educator Kevin Frentz says, "We've decided to take
a phased-in approach to it, so it's a phased transition and knowing
there's a chance we'll never got to a tobacco-free campus, but then,
that's the goal."
Gradually more smoke free zones will be added to the campus. ...
VIDEO:
Heavy smoking on Mass. college campuses
WWLP-22News (Springfield, MA), 2009-11-09
22News takes a hard look at cigarette smoking on Western Massachusetts
college campuses.
This after a cigarette butt clean up on the Amherst campus of the University
of Massachusetts yielded thousands of cigarette butts this weekend.
And that's just the butts that weren't properly discarded.
Students attending Holyoke Community College told 22News, "It's
tough not becoming a smoker in this day and age. Holly Frederick told
22News "she started smoking because her father smokes". Nick
Duclos told 22News, "It's hard not lighting up when all your friends
are smokers". ...
Cigarette
concerns go up in smoke at PCC campuses
The Oregonian, 2009-10-30
Taryn Luna, The Oregonian
Jackson, 33, and her 5-year-old took the bus to and from campus last
year. Many people smoked at the bus stop, and soon enough, she saw her
own daughter puffing an imaginary cigarette.
"She sees everyone do it and thinks it's accepted," Jackson
said.
The problem evaporated on Sept. 9 when tobacco products were banned
from all PCC property. Boasting 40,566 students, PCC has the largest
enrollment of any institute of higher education in the state.
At PCC Sylvania, students say the campus serving 26,700 harbored a
significant smoking culture. But thanks to a three-year tobacco cessation
plan that started in 2007, students and staff had plenty of warning
about the incoming ban. ...
NYU
plans smoking ban within 15 ft. of buildings
NYU Washington Square News - Lily Altavena, Jaywon Choe -October 29,
2009
NYU may ban smoking within 15 feet of entrances and exits university
buildings, Senior Vice President for Operations Alison Leary announced
in an e-mail to the university community yesterday.
Smoking is currently banned in all NYU buildings. The NYU College of
Dentistry is already required by law to ban smoking within 15 feet of
all entrances because it is a diagnostic and treatment center; this
policy led NYU to consider a similar all-university ban.
"Doing nothing is not an option," Leary said after the e-mail's
release. "People generally complain about the risks to their health
— passing through clouds of smoke." ...
Toward
Tobacco-Free Campuses
Inside Higher Ed, October 20, 2009
The American College Health Association released
new guidelines Monday urging colleges and universities to adopt
policies barring all tobacco use indoors and outdoors on their campuses.
The recommendations signal a shift for the association, which in its
previous position statement, adopted in 2005, urged campus health officials
to ban all smoking indoors but still permit it in “designated smoking
spaces” outside.
Cynthia Hallett, executive director of Americans for Nonsmokers’
Rights, called the guidelines “excellent” progress and said
she hoped campuses would seriously consider adopting them.
As of October 6, Hallett’s group had
identified 365 U.S. colleges and universities with policies requiring
that all campus spaces, indoors and outdoors, be smokefree. Another
76 institutions have “100 percent smokefree campuses with minor
exemptions for remote outdoor areas.” …
ACHA
Guidelines: Position Statement on Tobacco onCollege and University Campuses
American College Health Association (ACHA), September 2009
The American College Health Association (ACHA) acknowledges and supports
the findings of the Surgeon General that tobacco use in any form, active
and/or passive, is a significant health hazard. ACHA further recognizes
that environmental tobacco smoke has been classified as a Class-A carcinogen
and that there is no safe level of exposure to environmental tobacco
smoke (ETS), a recognized toxic air contaminant. In light of these health
risks, ACHA has adopted a NO TOBACCO USE policy and encourages colleges
and universities to be diligent in their efforts to achieve a 100% indoor
and outdoor campus-wide tobacco-free environment. …
Smoking
banned, come 2010
Towerlight - Rachael Sanders - October 15, 2009
Tuesday’s Student Government Association meeting saw the open
dialogue and discussion of two resolutions that will affect Towson’s
campus population.
Smoking Ban
The debate is over and the decision has been made. As of August 1,
2010, Towson University will be a smoke-free campus. This means that
students, faculty, staff and visitors will not be allowed to smoke anywhere
on Towson’s campus. ...
RCTC
bans tobacco use on campus
Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin, 2009-10-10
Matthew Stolle
Rochester Community and Technical College said Friday that it will
ban all smoking and tobacco use on its 500-acre campus on Jan. 1.
State law had already forbidden smoking in public places, but smoking
had been permitted in parking lots, 20 feet outside of building entrances
and in an outdoor amphitheater. That will change Jan. 1.
The college had been studying the issue for several years, an official
said, but decided to take action after hearing more and more complaints
about second-hand smoke. Also, a student nurse had reported a number
of adverse reactions to secondhand smoke among students with asthma
or some other allergic condition.
There are about a dozen public and private higher education institutions
in Minnesota, including Winona State University and Minnesota State
University, Moorhead, that have already opted to go smoke-free. ...
SGA
passes smoking ban resolution
The Daily Athenaeum - Travis Crum - October 8, 2009
A resolution banning smoking on West Virginia University’s Health
Sciences Campus passed during Wednesday’s Student Government Association
meeting.
All but two of the 13 governors – Paul Kast and Abby Sobonya –
voted for the ban.
Gov. Ron Cheng proposed an amendment "student input, collaboration,
compromise and awareness for a progressive mode of reform," which
was added unanimously to the resolution before it was voted on.
"Right now, the resolution is a smoking ban with only administration
input, and technically we are supporting that," Cheng said. I want
to make it clear that SGA is supporting a ban that involves students."
While Gov. Scott Covitz felt the resolution had "no student backing
at all" before the amendment, he chose to vote "yes"
because of its addition.
Cheng said adding the amendment did not affect the ban in anyway, but
ensured the student voice in the matter.
"We still have a resolution that supports a ban," he said.
"For the governors who are hesitant, this is like a settlement
for both parties, a win-win situation."
Gov. Taylor Richmond, who drafted the resolution, said the clause should
have been included in the original draft and was glad Cheng proposed
it. ...
Cigarette
smoking bans on campus
Binghamton University Pipe Dream - Binghamton,NY,USA, October 6, 2009
The age of 18, when an American citizen becomes a legal adult, marks
many rights of passage - the ability to vote, enlist in the army, get
a tattoo or piercing and buy a pack of cigarettes. However, many college
campuses are beginning to prohibit that last rite of passage.
As of this month, there are over 300 colleges that enforce "100
percent smoke-free campuses" according to the American Nonsmokers'
Rights Foundation, including University at Buffalo, the first SUNY school
to enforce the ban. Buffalo established the UBreathe Free policy for
the 2009-10 school year, prohibiting smoking anywhere except for designated
parking lots 100 feet or more from campus, but hopes to become completely
smoke free by August 2010.
According to a 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 31 percent
of college students smoke, compared to 25 percent of the rest of the
country.
Currently, on the Binghamton University campus, smoking is prohibited
inside all buildings and other designated areas, but is allowed outdoors
within 25 feet of building entries or windows.
Linda Spear, a distinguished professor of psychology at BU who specializes
in addictions, thinks that while a campus-wide ban may be good in the
distant future, it could initially have some negative side effects.
"Not allowing smoking on campus would help people quit smoking
which is a good thing in the long run," Spear said. "(But)
if they can't smoke on campus, they'll start going through withdrawal
and likely show withdrawal symptoms, such as irritability and lack of
concentration." ...
Purdue
floats smoke-free proposal
Lafayette (IN) Journal & Courier, 2009-10-02
BREANNE JESIONOWSKI
Purdue University is considering a policy that would ban smoking anywhere
on campus and in university vehicles. The university is now gathering
feedback on the issue from the Purdue community.
If the proposal is approved, Purdue University will be one of more
than 300 universities nationwide with a smoke-free campus. A similar
policy already is in effect at several other Indiana colleges and universities,
including Indiana University's Bloomington campus.
The proposal is being considered because of evidence of the effects
of secondhand smoke, said Alphonso Diaz, executive vice president for
business and finance and treasurer.
He added that smoking by faculty and staff contributes to increased
absences, higher insurance rates, and lower productivity.
Graduate student Jessica Raffelson is adamantly against the proposal.
...
No
more lighting up on campus
The Clarion , 2009-09-22
At the start of the year, smoking on the DU campus will be banned,
a decision made by Chancellor Robert Coombe on May 28, following a petition
signed by nearly 1,900 community members.
Tobacco products will be banned from all indoor and outdoor areas of
campus, including a distance of 25 feet from the campus perimeter.
Although smoking will be prohibited, punishment and violations will
be minimal.
The ban extends DU's current policy, which bans smoking within 25 feet
of entrances and exits and all university buildings.
"It is important to note that while the university has rules and
regulations governing the conduct of its students, faculty, and staff
and policies in keeping with current law, it does not regulate legal
personal choice unless such choice has a deleterious effect on the community
as a whole" Coombe wrote in his letter to the community. ...
UT-Arlington
looks at total ban of smoking, tobacco on campus
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Gene Trainor - September 17, 2009
ARLINGTON The University of Texas at Arlington could become the
first four-year college in the region to ban smoking and tobacco ...
College
now in compliance with state smoking law
Clarion Online - Glendora (subscription) - Sandra Lopez - September
16, 2009
A formalized district smoking policy has been adopted by the Citrus
College Board of Trustees.
Prior to the board’s regular meeting on June 16, there was no
written policy on smoking at Citrus College. However, the college is
now in compliance with state regulations.
The recently approved Citrus College smoking policy is stated in BP
6800: Safety. The board policy on smoking states that the college prohibits
of the use of tobacco in all public buildings and is in compliance with
other related tobacco use requirements mandated in the state of California.
“As long as I can smoke somewhere it’s not a big deal,”Jonathan
Reed, an 18 year old undeclared major said. ...
A
smoke-free future for Pierce
The Roundup - Anibal Ortiz - September 15, 2009
A decision was made today that Pierce College will be making the transition
to become a smoke-free campus.
The date that the new rule is to take place has not been set, according
to Sheriffs’ Cadet Diana Garcia.
Smoking will no longer be allowed in the current designated areas.
According to the new policy, smoking will only be allowed in Parking
Lots 1 through 7, and will not include Parking Lot eight as a smoking
zone. ...
Chabot
College now a smoke-free campus
Chabot Spectator - Jesse Prado - September 14, 2009
Chabot's new smoke-free campus is overall getting good marks. Now the
policy is being strictly enforced this semester. The benches and signs
that designated smoking areas on campus have been removed.
Student Health Center Nurse Practitioner Rosafel Adriano said that
both Las Positas and Chabot are smoke-free campuses. Last semester Adriano
pushed to make the campus smoke-free. ...
Roseburg-area
UCC goes tobacco free
Roseburg (OR) News-Review, 2009-09-09
Marissa Harshman The News-Review
WINCHESTER When Umpqua Community College students return to the
classroom in a few weeks, the air on campus is bound to be a bit cleaner,
less odorous, and perhaps a little less toxic.
All because the campus is going tobacco free beginning the first day
of fall term, Sept. 28.
A new campus procedure will prohibit students and staff from lighting
up cigarettes or sticking dips of chewing tobacco behind their lips
anywhere inside the perimeter of the campus. Those who break the rule
will be fined.
“I think what the college is trying to do is provide a healthier
environment for students and staff,” said Steve Buchko, UCC director
of safety, security and custodial services. ...
Smoking
area removed from Ball State's campus
Ball State Daily News - Liz Mensching - September 9, 2009
Ball State's smoke-free initiative has been in effect since March 17,
2008. There are now 11 designated smoking areas, including Scheumann
Stadium's parking ...
Hall
circulating smoke from assigned area
UNM Daily Lobo - Andy Beale - September 9, 2009
Pug Burge, head of the Smoke-Free Environment Committee, said the committee
learned about Geissman's concerns Friday and there are plans to consider
moving ...
UofL
to go smokeless by June 2010
WHAS 11.com (subscription) - September 4, 2009
The University of Louisville has released a plan to eliminate all smoking
on campus by next June.
Officials say they will begin phasing in a smoking ban by November,
with designated smoking areas on their main campus and the Shelby Campus;
smoking cessation programs and support will also be made available.
...
UI
begins citing smokers on campus
Iowa City Press Citizen - September 3, 2009
Dozens of cigarette butts were mashed into the concrete, and the no-smoking
signs were charred with the black residue of snuffed-out tobacco.
The evidence of smoking on the second level of parking ramp II at University
of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics was easy to spot on a recent afternoon.
Finding the cigarette smokers themselves, though, who are used to dodging
hospital security and campus police, proved to be more difficult.
On the top level of the parking garage, Danny and Tabatha Slutts of
Ottumwa, who said they were at the hospital for a checkup, smoked behind
their parked truck against a wall and out of sight from passersby.
The cloak-and-dagger tactics are not uncommon among hospital visitors
who come out to the ramp for cigarette breaks, the two said. ...
Beaver
Stadium Goes Smoke-Free
FOX43.com - Meghan Harding - September 1, 2009
UNIVERSITY PARK, CENTRE COUNTY - America's largest collegiate football
stadium has gone smoke-free. The Nittany Lions will play their first
2009 season game this Saturday in the non-smoking Penn State University
Beaver Stadium. ...
University
takes Smoking Ban Outside
KIII TV3 - September 1, 2009
Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi has rolled
out a new policy when it comes to students and faculty smoking cigarettes.
The university already prohibits anyone from smoking inside buildings
on campus. Now that policy has expanded outdoors. A letter was sent
out to students to let them know about the new smoking rule. A new rule
prohibits smoking within 25 feet of doorways and covered walkways including
the campus spine. Administrators say they are working to get the word
out to students as well as put up no-smoking signs outside of buildings.
...
College
limits smoking to perimeter of campus
San Diego Union Tribune - August 27, 2009
An update to the college's anti-smoking ordinance approved by the board
of trustees last week prohibits smoking inside the perimeter road that
encircles the classroom and administration buildings. The ordinance
had previously allowed smoking 20 feet from building entrances and windows.
The update establishes smoking areas in parking lots on the four corners
of the Chula Vista campus. ...
New
smoking policy in full effect on campus
The Tartan (Carnegie Mellon University), 2009-08-25
Smokers coming back to campus may be greeted with more than a hello
from University Police if they are caught smoking outside one of the
designated areas; they could be given a $25 fine for smoking or for
littering their cigarette butts.
New and returning students have seen the signs scattered around the
University Center’s Merson Courtyard, near the Cut, and other places
on campus that warn of the consequences of smoking in a non-designated
area. These signs are the manifestations of the changes in the university
smoking policy that came about as part of the Healthy Campus 2010 program.
...
SRJC
smoking ban to reach beyond campus
Santa Rosa (CA) Press Democrat, 2009-08-23
KERRY BENEFIELD THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
It is about get a lot harder to get a nicotine fix at Santa Rosa Junior
College.
Long a smoke-free campus, the school is poised to ink a deal with the
city of Santa Rosa to extend the reach of its no-smoking policy and
lay substantial fines on scofflaws.
School trustees earlier this month approved a deal that would allow
campus police to issue citations enforcing a city ordinance against
smoking not only on campus, but within 20 feet of campus. Penalties
are $100 for a first offense.
In recent months, the fight over smoking centered on Elliott Avenue
and the crosswalk between the library and quad on the north side of
the street.
Smokers asked to extinguish their cigarettes while on campus would
simply step onto the sidewalk and continue puffing in the high-traffic
area, backers of the stiffer ordinance said.
There was little campus police could do.
"It's become known as smokers' alley and it's horrible to walk
through there." ...
Smoking
bans spreading to campuses across nation
Elmira Star-Gazette - Elmira,NY,USA, August 19, 2009
Corning Community College's efforts to restrict smoking at its facilities
reflect what is happening across New York state and the country.
More than 300 campuses are completely smoke-free throughout the United
States and about 50 campuses are smoke-free with minor exemptions, said
Bronson Frick, associate director of Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights,
a national organization headquartered in Berkeley, Calif. Before 2003,
very few campuses were smoke-free, he said.
"Ozarks Technical Community College really was the leader in the
movement for a tobacco-free campus policy, and then it sort of spread
school by school and became a trend," he said. "Community
colleges really led the way in this movement, and it's probably because
those colleges tend to be slightly smaller," Frick said. "Also,
community colleges don't have the issue of residential housing, for
the most part." …
Skyline
College goes smoke-free
San Mateo County Times - Neil Gonzales - August 18, 2009
SAN BRUNO — Skyline College has banned smoking, at least to designated
areas just outside the central campus.
Students, faculty and others returning to classes today will notice
signs in that regard.
Newly-painted yellow lines around campus tell people they are "entering
a smoke-free zone," said Ray Hernandez, Skyline's academic senate
president.
Previously, the college had smoking areas within the campus. But the
more-restrictive policy has taken effect this fall semester after a
no-smoking movement at Skyline picked up steam over the years. ...
CFCC
welcomes students as a smoke free campus
WWAY NewsChannel 3 (Wilmington, NC), 2009-08-17
Downtown Wilmington is a little more crowded than it has been recently
as students have returned for the fall to Cape Fear Community College.
The difference this semester - a new ban on smoking on campus. This
means no smoking on school grounds, indoors or out. But, like any law,
there are some loopholes.
The new smoking ban at Cape Fear Community College does apply to all
of the campus, but not to the city sidewalks where it is still fair
game for smoking. Step onto the campus’ red bricks though, and
that is where you are not allowed anymore to smoke. ...
PCC
to go smoke free
The Oregonian, 2009-08-17
Portland Community College will go smoke-free next month.
Beginning Sept. 9, the state's largest higher education institution,
with more than 87,000 students a year, will ban all forms of tobacco
use on its three campuses, Southeast Portland education center and three
work force training centers.
"This was the right thing to do," said President Preston
Pulliams in a prepared statement. He said research findings on the risks
of exposure to secondhand smoke are "too compelling to not act."
...
BSU
campus is now smoke-free
KTVB - Boise,ID,USA, August 17, 2009
BOISE -- A big change at Boise State University.
A new policy bans smoking in all areas of the campus, including Bronco
Stadium.
Those behind the policy say students, staff, and faculty overwhelmingly
supported this ban.
"Eighty-five to 90 percent of our campus community support this.
Fifty percent of our students say they’re bothered by secondhand
smoke on a weekly basis. And all the research now shows that when you
smell secondhand smoke you've just been poisoned by a Class A carcinogen.
There is no safe level of exposure," said Ferd Schlapper, executive
director, Health, Wellness & Counseling.
Notice of this new policy change went out in October of last year.
...
Smoking
Policy Changed at Penn State Altoona (scroll down to view)
WRTA - Altoona,PA,USA, August 17, 2009
The Penn State Altoona campus has changed its smoking policy.
The move went into effect on Saturday on the recommendation of the college’s
Smoking Task Force.
By gathering information from other colleges and universities and conducting
surveys at Penn State Altoona, it was determined that with the exception
of four designated areas, smoking will be prohibited outside any of
the buildings, on sidewalks located on campus, and in parking lots on
campus. Two smoking areas will be near the residence halls while two
other locations will be around campus perimeters. Shelters will be installed
this fall at three of these locations. ...
UALR
Welcomes New School Year With Smoke-Free Campus
todaysthv.com, August 15, 2009
The number of university campuses that ban smoking on school property
has increased nearly tenfold in the last three years, according to the
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation.
And you can now add University of Arkansas at Little Rock to the list.
Smoke-free
policy in effect
University of Buffalo, 2009-08-10
ARTHUR PAGE
UB's smoke-free policy is in effect as of Aug. 1, with smoking prohibited
in buildings and on the grounds--including green spaces--on the university's
three campuses.
Until Aug. 1, 2010, smoking will be permitted in areas of parking lots
that are more than 100 feet from buildings. After that date, smoking
will not be permitted anywhere on the campuses.
The one-year transition period will allow time for the UB community
and visitors to adjust to the change ...
Rates
of secondhand smoke exposure high among college students
EurekAlert, 2009-07-21
Secondhand smoke (SHS) is not only a nuisance, but a potential health
concern for many college students, and administrators should be taking
steps to reduce students' exposure, according to a new study by researchers
at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
It is the first study to provide evidence of the high rates of SHS exposure,
and correlates of exposure, among college students in the United States.
Funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the
study can be found online today and will appear in the July 23 issue
of Nicotine & Tobacco Research, a publication of the Society for
Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.
"It is well-known that there are some serious health issues surrounding
secondhand smoke," said Mark Wolfson, Ph.D., lead author on the
study, professor and section head for the Section on Society and Health
in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy. "While
some college campuses are smoke free, others have virtually no restrictions
on smoking, not even in the residence halls. There is a growing national
movement to move away from that, but it still very much varies by campus.
In this first study to evaluate SHS exposure among college students,
we were really kind of floored to see how many, and how frequently,
students are exposed to it." . . .
Colleges
expand anti-smoking rules
Advocates see a 'tipping point' in campaign; some smokers feel ostracized
Raleigh (NC) News & Observer, 2009-02-03
Anne Blythe - Staff Writer
In a state that once touted the golden leaf's economic benefits as
greater than its health risks, UNC-CH is one of 26 college and community
college campuses to adopt policies either banning or severely limiting
tobacco use.
The haze around the flagpole -- one of the few places outside the 100-foot
smoke-free perimeter around all campus buildings -- is a sign of the
progress that tobacco-free advocates are making. . . .
But even those abiding by the rules say the movement to go smoke-free
has been slow to catch fire in this state.
No citations were issued at UNC-Chapel Hill during the first year of
the smoking ban, although complaints about rule-breakers prompted 13
written warnings by UNC-CH police.
The Orange County district attorney is not thrilled that those complaints
might one day end up in local courtrooms. . . .
Other colleges are putting in new restrictions.
Peace College in Raleigh went smoke-free at the start of the year.
Wake Tech bans smoking, as does Louisburg College in Franklin County,
according to the state Health and Wellness Trust Fund.
No
butts about it: Increase in number of college-aged smokers
Daily Orange (Syracuse University), 2008-02-28
College students may be more likely to smoke than any other age group,
according to a new study done by researchers at Syracuse University.
"There has been up to a 30 percent increase over the past 20 years
in college smoking, which is more than all other age groups," said
Danielle Seigers, a graduate student of clinical psychology who works
for SU's Tobacco Research Program (TRP).
An inverse relationship between education and smoking exists in the
general population, said Monica Webb, a principal investigator and an
assistant professor of clinical psychology. . . .
"But there is something going on that is different with college
students who seem to be increasing their smoking rate. This is an issue
that has received national attention."
The TRP, established in 2005, examines smoking cessation and factors
that affect smoking across various populations. It has been working
to identify college student smoking patterns and their overall thoughts
on tobacco use. Seigers said she hopes the research will lead to further
understanding of college student smoking behavior.
Steps
to a smoke-free campus
UWM Post, WI - March 5, 2007
No one has a right to engage in an activity that can harm other people,
and second-hand smoke definitely causes disease and premature death
in non-smokers ...
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE ENACTS STRONGEST SMOKEFREE DORM BILL IN THE
NATION
New Jersey GASP
June 20, 2005
Today, the New Jersey Assembly voted in favor of the Smokefree College
Residential Housing Law, sponsored by Assemblyman John F. McKeon and
Assemblywoman Loretta Weinberg (A3659), and Senators Barbara Buono and
Fred H. Madden (S2332). The bill now heads to the Governor’s Desk
for his signature, and will take effect 60 days later.
“New Jersey’s Smokefree College Residential Housing Law is
the strongest legislation in the nation to prohibit smoking in college
residential housing. It covers BOTH private and public institutions
of higher education. We are pleased that our State is taking this leadership
role in fire prevention and reducing exposure to secondhand smoke”,
says Karen Blumenfeld, Esq., Director of the Tobacco Control Policy
& Legal Resource Center, for New Jersey GASP.
Only two other states enacted specific legislation banning smoking
in college residential housing: Wisconsin makes University of Wisconsin
housing smokefree, and Connecticut requires all public college dormitories
to be smokefree. Last week, the Tennessee legislature passed a state
law allowing public universities to ban smoking in dorms if they choose
to.
It
is also critical to note that the tobacco industry continues to market and advertise
its products to young adults in order to maintain its profitability, and the
tobacco use and prevalence statistics for young adults demonstrate that the
plan is having an effect. One need only look at promotions held in bars across
campuses all over the country to realize that 18-24 year olds are important
to the tobacco industry. According to the 2012 Surgeon General's Report on Tobacco
Use Among Youth and Young Adults: