Committee Request November 4, 2014

 2000 ◦ Smoking prohibited within 20 feet from the entrance to residence halls. Smoking allowed in offices.  2003 ◦ Policy revised to prohibit smoking 20 feet from all buildings. 100% smoke-free in all university owned housing. Sale of tobacco products on campus is eliminated.  2006 ◦ Healthy Campus proposes a smoke-free campus.  2008 ◦ Policy adopted allows smoking in designated outdoor areas only.  2012 ◦ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requests colleges and universities review their policies and consider establishing tobacco free policies.  2013 ◦ President’s Council approves opening the review of the policy on smoking.

 Meetings initiated in Fall 2013  Comprised of 25 members including faculty, staff, students, smokers and nonsmokers  Spent past year reviewing the literature, speaking with experts in the field and benchmarking

 Reducing exposure to secondhand smoke  Reducing the prevalence of tobacco use  Increasing the number of tobacco users who quit  Reducing the initiation of tobacco use among young people  Reducing tobacco-related morbidity and mortality  Reducing healthcare costs

 1478 U.S. colleges and universities now have smoke-free policies ◦ 976 are tobacco free ◦ 91% increase in smoke-free, 74% increase in tobacco-free policies in the last two years  Four universities in the U.S. News and World Report 2015 Top 25 National Universities are smoke-free or tobacco-free ◦ Six others have medical/health school campuses which are smoke-free or tobacco-free

 85% of undergraduates reported no nicotine use in past 30 days ◦ 12% used cigarettes or other tobacco (mean 8.3 days) ◦ 3% used e-cigarettes  87% of graduate students reported no nicotine use in the past 30 days ◦ 12% used cigarettes (mean 12.1 days) ◦ 1% used e-cigarettes

 Smoking was associated with increased class level in undergraduates  40% of undergraduates report trying to quit or planning to quit  79% of graduates report trying or planning to quit

 Consistent with community values for environmental sustainability and respect for others who live and work here  Eliminates cigarette butts from littering our campus  Eliminates costs associated with cleaning cigarette litter and maintaining 34 designated smoking areas

 Community discussions focused on “when” and “how” rather than “if”  Exploring support strategies to assist smokers who want or need to quit

 The President’s and the ALC’s support for the Committee to initiate campus conversations with campus constituencies and governing bodies to inform the creation of a tobacco free campus policy ◦ Including an implementation timeline to effect this change in concert with relevant policy review processes

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