ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY BANS SMOKING ON CAMPUS
Phoenix, 19 October:
Arizona State
University joins a national trend next month when it announces a total
ban of on-campus tobacco use effective this coming August. The ban will
likely include events at Gammage Auditorium and Sun Devil Stadium. Kathy
Staats is a program coordinator for the anti-tobacco effort known as
Spark. Staats says it’s important to reach people while they're young.
"In the Surgeon General’s report that came out this past spring, it noted that 99% of tobacco users start before the age of 25. So, it’s absolutely imperative to get these ollege-age students in an environment that’s healthy, and to keep them away from the tobacco industry that’s targeting their products at them."
The group A-S-U Students for Liberty is planning to protest the new rule, saying it promotes a "nanny mentality." By some counts, almost 800 college campuses nationwide have banned smoking, with more than 550 prohibiting all tobacco use. In Arizona, the Maricopa Community Colleges banned tobacco this past July 1st. Both NAU and CCC allow smoking outside on campus.
"In the Surgeon General’s report that came out this past spring, it noted that 99% of tobacco users start before the age of 25. So, it’s absolutely imperative to get these ollege-age students in an environment that’s healthy, and to keep them away from the tobacco industry that’s targeting their products at them."
The group A-S-U Students for Liberty is planning to protest the new rule, saying it promotes a "nanny mentality." By some counts, almost 800 college campuses nationwide have banned smoking, with more than 550 prohibiting all tobacco use. In Arizona, the Maricopa Community Colleges banned tobacco this past July 1st. Both NAU and CCC allow smoking outside on campus.
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