Smoke- Free Residence Halls

v In Australia, All 150 Odd University and halls are smoke free. Simple – Legislation by University Councils.
- David A. Holmes, Head Residential Services, LA Trobe University,
      Victoria, Australia

v All buildings at Schreiner College grounds are smoke-free.
- Sachiko Vidourek, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Residence Life,       Schreiner college, Kerville, TX

v In Florida all Universities are to comply with the Clean Air Act.
- Joe Paulick, Area Coordinator, University of Central Florida

v All 10 Residence Halls went smoke-free. It started with floors, then some halls, then all halls. Recent decision went through RHA and was then approved by the director.
- Wendy Wallace, Colorado State

v It was the recommendation of RHA and was pushed by the University President.
- Von Stage, Director of Residential Life, University of South Dakota

v All halls are smoke-free, Student Government Association (SGA) got involved.
- Shawn M. McGuirk, Director for Housing and Residential Life, The Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA

v All residence halls are smoke-free.
- Meredith Jewell, Assistant Director of Residential Services at Muhlenberg

v Rhodes College will be smoke-free in fall 2003. We began by offering smoke-free floors, then halls. Students made all social rooms smoke-free and then all halls smoke-free by 2003.
- Carol Casey, Rhodes College

v UNCG went to all non-smoking halls 3 years ago, it started in the freshmen halls in the 1st year, and then made all halls no smoking the second year.
- Guy Sanders, Associate Director of Housing and Residence Life, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

v Our system went totally smoke-free beginning this fall. Prior to this fall, smoking was narrowed down to one floor for men and one floor for women in one residence hall. The idea of smoke-free came up and was discussed with RHA; RHA then passed a resolution supporting the change.
- Craig A. Schmitt, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Residence Life and Services South West Missouri State University

v The process began with a proposal from RHA and then we began discussing and soliciting feedback from students. The student senate was involved and in particular, the Housing and Food Services and Parking Chairman. There were open meetings with students and staff at individual hall levels. Surveys to gather feedback were about how students felt about going smoke-free in all residential halls and student apartment spaces – pros and cons, should there be designated smoking areas and if so where? This process took a couple of months to wrap up. A final proposal/ policy recommendation was then drafted and sent back to the student groups to review. With their approval and support it was forwarded to the University President for consideration and adoption. It was formally adopted in April and there have been no resistances since it happened.
- Connie Frazier

v There was a committee created of both smokers and non-smokers to determine the best for both worlds. It took a year to create the policy, then brought it before all Hall Councils, Residence Life staff and then the Campus Resident’s Association. After all the parties were involved in it there was actually support for the halls to be smoke free. It also helps that the state has a no smoking policy in any state buildings.
- Chip Thomas, Associate Director of Housing, Mesa State College, and Grand Junction, Colorado.

v The State of California mandates that all buildings were smoke-free. At that time it did not include the residence halls. The policy was that you could not smoke in common areas but residents could smoke in their rooms. A couple of years later the state said that the policy did apply to resident halls. The following academic year notices were sent out to the students informing them of the new directive from the state.
- Jessica McDonald, Facilities Coordinator, San Diego State University.

v As of this fall all campus buildings are smoke free. Residence halls, Greek houses and apartments were notified last spring of the change after RHA voted in support of smoke-free residence halls.
- Cheryl A. Todd, Assistant Director Operations, Residence life Office, Willamette University

v University of Delaware just went smoke-free this fall. There was a smoking cessation committee but the decision was made in late spring by the administration with no input from the students or departments.
- Linda Carey, Director of Housing Assignment Services, University of Delaware

v UNI is not totally smoke-free, but we are heading in that direction. We started phasing buildings into smoke-free category a few years ago, changing a couple buildings at a time. This year there are three smoke-free buildings and next year there will only be one. After that, the decision has not yet been made yet,

    but it looks pretty good to be smoke-free in 2002.
- Toni Lake, UNI Cedar Falls, IA

v University of Wyoming has been smoke-free for about 4 years now. We get smokers hanging around outside but we provide them with benches and cans etc.
- Michael R. Olson, University of Wyoming
 
 

Ø Compiled by Vanessa Boodhoo, Graduate Housing Assistant,
      Buffalo State College