Rutgers plans to go tobacco-free by 2023

[Tango Two]

Rutgers plans to go tobacco-free by 2023

“By declaring our campuses tobacco-free, we aim to make our community a healthier place to live, learn and work as we educate smokers about the resources available to help them quit,” President Jonathan Holloway said.

www.nj.com

 

[retired711]

See this e-mail from President Holloway:

June 1, 2022 Members of the Rutgers Community: I am happy to announce the kickoff of our Tobacco-Free by ’23 initiative. On January 1, 2023, smoking, as well as the use of all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products, will be prohibited on all Rutgers campuses and off-campus sites. With a large sector of our institution devoted to health care delivery, research, and education, it simply makes sense for us to embrace a policy that prohibits the use of these deadly products. If nothing else, the pandemic has reinforced the importance of a healthy, tobacco-free lifestyle. The decision to declare our campuses smoke- and tobacco-free will make Rutgers a healthier place to learn, live, and work. Our new universitywide Tobacco-Free Policy will supersede our current policy, which already prohibits smoking in all Rutgers facilities and within 30 feet of university-owned and operated buildings. In addition to cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and e-cigarettes, hookah and smokeless products such as chewing tobacco will also be prohibited on campus. We recognize that many people in the Rutgers community are tobacco users. As we roll out this initiative and prepare to be Tobacco-Free by ’23, we will support you in your effort to quit tobacco products. The Rutgers Tobacco Dependence Program provides guidance to help you quit tobacco. You will be seeing more information in the weeks and months ahead. I look forward to a healthier Rutgers as we go Tobacco-Free by ’23. Sincerely, Jonathan Holloway President and University Professor

 

[retired711]

I posted the e-mail from Holloway before I saw your thread, so we have two threads going, unfortunately. I have never smoked. I understand restricting smoking in or near buildings as Rutgers did years ago. I see the rationale for almost entirely restricting smoking in the RAC and SHI Stadium. Both of those measures protect non-smokers from second hand smoke, which is a genuine threat to health. But restrict it everywhere, even when there's no risk to non-smokers? That sounds a little extreme to me. Is the fear that someone will drop a cigarette on the grass and start a fire ? Or is just Rutgers trying to be everyone's nanny?

Edited: Thank you to the moderators for combining the threads.

 

[fsg2]

Hard to imagine a college campus completely devoid of vape rubes. Glorious, though.

 

[vkj91]

He went on to say But the morning after pill will be readily available.

 

[fsg2]

He went on to say But the morning after pill will be readily available.

Cool joke, grandpa.

 

[DHajekRC84]

He went on to say But the morning after pill will be readily available.

Institutions of higher learning and education have just become institutions of control. No longer teaching you how to think but what to think and do. Grooming the young masses to be zombies of thought, and cows of obedience.
For the record I've never smoked cigarettes and occasionally cigars in a respectful setting.

 

[DHajekRC84]

Cool joke, grandpa.

and there you go with the age insults again. Man. You've got to come up with some better insults.

 

[fsg2]

and there you go with the age insults again. Man. You've got to come up with some better insults.

Not actually about physical age.

Man, you've got to get your shit correct or not nose into others' back-and-forths so often.

 

[fsg2]

Institutions of higher learning and education have just become institutions of control. No longer teaching you how to think but what to think and do. Grooming the young masses to be zoombies of thought, and cows of obedience.
For the record I've never smoked cigarettes and occasionally cigars in a respectful setting.

And that one is just a wee bit overdramatic and hysterical.

 

[ScarletKid2008]

I have to say , a complete ban on phsyical smoke and the vape pens, Anywhere , on campus is so extreme and seemingly unnecessary.

seemed like the world was doing just fine and especially in the northeast US , smoking has been declining. And almost already was entirely rid from public places.


also the vaping stuff is nearly impossible to enforce given how easy they are to conceal

 

[DHajekRC84]

Not actually about physical age.

Man, you've got to get your shit correct or not nose into others' back-and-forths so often.

That's how it comes across and it's a public forum. I'm as sensitive to the age sarcasm crap as others are about color, sex, religion, etc.
And btw..so often lol. Twice. There's being a tad dramatic.

 

[Leonard23]

I have to say , a complete ban on phsyical smoke and the vape pens, Anywhere , on campus is so extreme and seemingly unnecessary.

seemed like the world was doing just fine and especially in the northeast US , smoking has been declining. And almost already was entirely rid from public places.


also the vaping stuff is nearly impossible to enforce given how easy they are to conceal

Rutgers is just following plenty of other colleges. A quick Google search came up with these stats:

As of April 1, 2022, per our Smokefree and Tobacco-Free U.S. and Tribal Colleges and Universities list, there were at least 2,604 100% smokefree campus sites.

OF THESE 100% SMOKEFREE SITES:​

2,169​

are also 100% tobacco-free everywhere (includes non-combustible forms/smokeless)​

Colleges - American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation | no-smoke.org

Smokefree Colleges and Universities Continue to Grow in Popularity No One Should Have to Risk Their Health for an Education or a Job! “For a lot of campuses, they are not included in a local or statewide smoke-free workplace law despite the fact campuses are workplaces as well as institutions

no-smoke.org

A total of 1,616 public college and university campuses were smoke-free. Among these public campuses, 1,375 (85.1%) were tobacco-free; 1,373 (85.0%) specifically prohibited e-cigarette use; and 692 (42.8%) specifically prohibited hookah smoking.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6724a4.htm