‘Got a light?’ Not anymore
January 17, 2010 by Geneva ReidPosted in: Health, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Banning indoor smoking on campuses isn’t new — but today, more and more colleges also are putting an end to it outdoors. More than 360 colleges have laid down the law about smoking anywhere on campus, according to the Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation.
Yet still more allow students to smoke, even though the smoking rates among college students are extremely high at 30%.
Three states — Illinois, New Jersey and Wisconsin — have passed laws making residence halls and dorms 100% smoke free.
One of the most recent states to jump on the nonsmoking bandwagon is Florida.
Just this month, Florida Atlantic University began limiting smoking to specific spots on campus. The school hopes to become completely smoke-free in a year, according to the South Florida SunSentinel.com
Also in Florida, smoking will be restricted at Broward College and Palm Beach Community College. While the University of Miami’s medical campus will see an end of smoking come March.
What are your school’s smoking policies? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Tags: Broward College, Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach Community College, University of Miami


January 20th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Baker College system wide has a no- smoking except in specific areas on campus. We also are looking at be 100% smoke free the Spring.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Montgomery College in MD has a tobacco-free campus. No smoking or tobacco products anywhere, indoors or out. http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/tobaccofree/faqs.html
April 28th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
University of Washington Tacoma smokers are restricted to uncovered “green boxes” located in a few spots around campus. http://www.ehs.washington.edu/psosmoking/tacoma_map.pdf