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Revised: April 22, 2015

Effective Date

Tuesday, August 9, 1994

I. Policy Statment

Introduction
The 91¸£ÀûÉç recognizes that smoking any substance presents a public health hazard. The University is dedicated to providing a healthy, comfortable and educationally productive learning environment for faculty, staff, students and visitors. As such, it shall be the policy of the 91¸£ÀûÉç Campus that smoking will not be allowed in either indoor or outdoor areas of the campus.

The 91¸£ÀûÉç recognizes that quitting smoking can be a significant personal challenge. Cessation programs and a reasonable period of education and acclimation are integral components in implementing this policy. Subject to the availability of resources, both the state and the campus will provide to faculty, staff, and students a variety of cessation aids, including cessation classes and nicotine replacement products.

II. Policy

The use of smoking products of any sort shall be prohibited on all university-owned and operated campus grounds both indoors and outdoors. This smoking ban does not apply to public rights-of-way (sidewalks, streets) on the perimeter of the campus.

"Smoking," as used in this policy, means smoking any substance, including but not limited to, tobacco, cloves, or marijuana. "Smoking Products" include, but are not limited to, all cigarette products (cigarettes, bidis, kreteks, e-cigarettes, etc.) and all smoke-producing products (cigars, pipes, hookahs, vaporizers, etc.). University-owned and operated campus grounds include, but are not limited to: all outdoor common and educational areas; all university buildings; university-owned on-campus housing; campus sidewalks; campus parking lots; recreational areas; outdoor stadiums; and university-owned and leased vehicles (regardless of location). In keeping with university policy, the sale, distribution, and sampling of all tobacco products and tobacco-related merchandise is prohibited on all university-owned and operated property and at university-sponsored events. Littering campus with remains of smoking products is prohibited.

This policy applies to all employees, students, visitors, contractors and externally affiliated individuals or companies renting university-owned space on university-owned and operated property campus gro