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- Tobacco-free campuses support public health initiatives aimed at reducing tobacco use, especially among college students, but currently, only about 800 of over 6,000 U.S. colleges and universities have implemented such policies.
- Effective enforcement of these smoke-free policies is crucial; without it, the policies can become ineffective and meaningless.
- College administrators need to take responsibility by ensuring that violators of tobacco-free policies face consequences similar to those for violating other campus rules.
Article Abstract
Tobacco-free campuses are a great public health initiative. Healthy People 2020 and Healthy Campus 2020 address tobacco use and young adults including college students. Sources indicate that of the more than 6,000 colleges and universities in the United States, less than 800 are either smoke free or tobacco free. An increasing number of college campus policy makers in the United States are implementing smoke-free or tobacco-free policies, including procedures for violators of these policies. However, without a clearly defined and actionable enforcement component, these policies serve little purpose. This has become a policy enforcement issue that campus leaders should address. Should colleges and universities become tobacco free, if enforcement is not implemented? College and university administrators should demonstrate leadership by having violators of tobacco-free campus policies held to the same standard as those who violate other policies.
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