1. Employee Survey Results 2017
Tobacco Use on Campus
Employee Survey Results
2017

2. Who Responded 320/611 employees participated in part or all of survey
Full time staff %
Part time staff 6.25%
Full time faculty 32.19%
Part time faculty 9.38%
691 students participated in part or all of survey

3. Second Hand Smoke is a Concern
Faculty/Staff
Students
Yes
58.2%
56.3% No
35.3%
40.5%
No opinion
3.7%.
3.2%
No response
2.8% NA

4. Ever tried smoking, even 1 time?
Faculty/Staff
Student
Yes
68%
51.6% No
26.9%
48.4 %
No response
4.6% NA

5. Severe/Serious Smoking Problems
Faculty/Staff
Students
Entrances and exits to/from building
44.07%
42.7 %
Outside on campus
31.3%
38.5 %
Classroom buildings
17.6%
19.3 %
On campus events
13.7%
11.6 %
Student center
12.24%
15.4 %
Student hangouts & parties
9.93%
26.3%
Cafeterias
7.6%
8.8 %
Off campus housing
6.9%
9.6 %
Indoor recreation
5.7%
4.9 %
Dormitories
10 %

6. There should be a policy to discourage tobacco use
Faculty/Staff
Students
Strongly agree
37 %
30.2 %
Agree
43 %
36.3 %
Disagree
17 %
21.9 %
Strongly disagree
3 %
11.6 %

7. There should be a policy for smoke free air
Faculty/Staff
Students
Strongly agree
60 %
51.9 %
Agree
33 %
32.5 %
Disagree
5 %
9.4 %
Strongly disagree
2 %
6.1 %

8. There should be a policy to regulate tobacco use on campus
Faculty/Staff
Students
Strongly agree
45 %
40.3 %
Agree
41 %
32.1 %
Disagree
10 %
15.3 %
Strongly disagree
4 %
12.4 %

9. What is preferred policy
Faculty/Staff
Students
Allow smoking inside buildings
0 %
.6 %
Allow smoking outdoors in all locations
6.9 %
15.4 %
Allow smoking outdoors specific locations
51.6 %
58.5 %
Prohibit smoking anywhere at all times
11 %
12.4 %
its all tobacco use at all times
30.57 %
13.1 %

10. What is the current tobacco policy?
Faculty/Staff
Students
Prohibits only smoking inside buildings
44.8 %
39 %
Prohibits only smoking outdoors
7.9%
12.4 %
Prohibits all tobacco use
0.34%
2.1%
No written tobacco-use policy
1.03%
.3 %
I do not know
45.9%
46.2 %

11. To what extent do people comply with current policy?
Faculty/Staff
Students
Totally
21.8 %
21.3 %
Mostly
43.1 %
37.4 %
Somewhat
28.4 %
32.2 %
Not at all
6.6 %
9.1 %

12. To what extent is current policy enforced?
Faculty/Staff
Students
Totally
17.1 %
19.3 %
Mostly
27.1 %
27.4 %
Somewhat
31.6 %
32 %
Not at all
24.2 %
21.3 %

13. Quitting Success Faculty/Staff (N=98) Students (n=132)
Quit and remain smoke free
77%
Quit but resumed
10%
8.4%
Never tried to quit
13% 6%

14. Times to Succeed at Quitting
Faculty/Staff
(N=98)
Students
(n=145)
still smoking
14 %
51%
took 1 time to quit
48.9 %
26.8 %
took 2-3 times to quit
29 %
15 %
took 3-5 times to quit
3 %
.6 %
took more than 5 times to quit
4 %
6.2 %

15. Support
38.64% of employees report they have been a support person for another smoker trying to quit
45.9% of student report they have been a support person for another smoker to quit

16. University Support Groups
Faculty/Staff
Students
Yes there are campus groups or classes to support smokers
10 %
7.4 %
No there are no groups
4.15 %
5.8 %
Not sure
85.8 %
78.8 %