1. Smoke-free JCU What is a smoke-free campus?
From 1 July 2018, all JCU campuses are smoke-free.
This includes all grounds, ovals, parks, car parks and undercover areas. There are no designated smoking areas.
Staff, students and visitors will need to move off campus to smoke.
Please consider neighbouring properties and the environment when choosing to smoke off campus by using your personal butt-bin, available from the JCU Student Association, Security office, or Health, Safety and Environment office.
Townsville Student Accommodation will become smoke-free from 1 January 2019

2. Smoke-free JCU Why are we going smoke-free?
Supporting the health of staff, students and visitors.
Evidence shows smoke-free environments support quitting and reduce uptake.
Legal responsibility to provide a safe workplace and protect from second-hand smoke.
Recognise the right to smoke, but also recognise the right to work and study in a smoke-free environment.

3. Smoke-free JCU Support for staff and students to quit
Quitting smoking isn’t easy, but support is available.
The health of staff and students is important to JCU.
You may want to use nicotine replacement products or prescription medications to help you stop smoking. Research shows if you're addicted to smoking and use these medications properly, you can double your chances of quitting successfully.
Staff and students can receive support on their journey to becoming smoke-free. Further information is located at:

4. Smoke-free JCU What can you do if someone is smoking on campus?
JCU encourages all staff, students and visitors to be part of a positive culture change and to have respectful conversations to students and staff smoking on campus.
Transitioning to a smoke-free campus requires respect for others – both non-smokers and smokers.
You are encouraged to respectfully and politely remind smokers that they must go off-campus if they wish to smoke.
If you're unsure how to have the conversation with someone smoking, you can refer to the signs on campus, or use the following tips sheet.

5. Smoke-free JCU
If you're unsure how to have the conversation with someone smoking, you can refer to the signs on campus, or use the following tips to guide you:
Always remember that smoking is an addiction; sometimes smoking is associated to stress or an addiction to nicotine, so it's important to be mindful of this when explaining the policy.
Always assume the person is not aware of the change to being a smoke-free campus.
Smile, introduce yourself and politely inform the person the University has gone smoke-free.
Respectfully request the smoker to either put out the cigarette or move off campus if they wish to keep smoking.
If the person complies, remember to thank them.
If the person becomes angry or confrontational, excuse yourself and report the incident to security.

6. Smoke-free JCU Where can staff and students smoke?
Off-campus only – maps of the campus boundaries are available at
JCU strongly recommends that when smokers move off campus, they choose an area that is not remote, is safe and well lit at night.
How JCU encourages compliance with the policy
Security staff will undertake regular patrols; where an individual is smoking on campus they will be informed of the policy, asked to cease and advised of the requirements of the policy.
For staff, students and contractors, ongoing failure to comply with the smoke-free policy could result in disciplinary action.