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Creighton to implement campus-wide tobacco ban
Scott Stewart
Issue date: 6/17/08 Section: News
Next year, once the ban has been in place, Mohiuddin said infractions would be reported to a supervisor or dean. First offense ,would receive warning, but subsequent offences would likely accrue penalties, which would be established next year.
For more information on Creighton's anti-tobacco policy, visit tobaccofree.creighton.edu.
Creighton ban fits growing trend
UNO Director of Student Health Services Marcia Adler said Creighton's ban is part of a larger trend of universities going tobacco free.
"We're late doing it," Alder said. "It's a trend that's coming."
The City of Omaha passed a partial smoking ban in June 2006 that banned smoking in public places except for stand-alone bars, Horseman's Park and keno establishments.
Omaha's ban followed a stricter complete ban by the City of Lincoln, which went into effect in January 2005.
With Nebraska's passage of LB 395, public places statewide will go smoke-free in June 2009, with tobacco shops, some hotel rooms, some laboratories and business in private homes, other than licensed child care facilities being the only exceptions.
On May 30, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the exemptions were unconstitutional since they did not take the health of employees at exempted businesses into account. It was expected that the entirety of Omaha would be smoke free by June 30.
Other universities across the nation have been implementing smoking bans as well. Mohiuddin said Eastern Michigan University, for instance, has been smoke free for five years.
Eastern Michigan's policy, however, is not as strict as Creighton: tobacco use is permitted outside, 25 feet from any building entrance, air intake duct or window, according to the university's Web site. Tobacco is also banned in outdoor areas where seating is available and university vehicles are located.
UNO ban faces enforcement, political problems
Legislation calling for smoking bans have been considered several times by UNO's student government, most recently this spring. A proposal by former Sen. Holly Byers would have sought to establish eight "free smoking" zones across campus as part of a compromised ban. Senators first sent the resolution back to committee then voted it down on April 10, citing concerns about a lack of student input.
For more information on Creighton's anti-tobacco policy, visit tobaccofree.creighton.edu.
Creighton ban fits growing trend
UNO Director of Student Health Services Marcia Adler said Creighton's ban is part of a larger trend of universities going tobacco free.
"We're late doing it," Alder said. "It's a trend that's coming."
The City of Omaha passed a partial smoking ban in June 2006 that banned smoking in public places except for stand-alone bars, Horseman's Park and keno establishments.
Omaha's ban followed a stricter complete ban by the City of Lincoln, which went into effect in January 2005.
With Nebraska's passage of LB 395, public places statewide will go smoke-free in June 2009, with tobacco shops, some hotel rooms, some laboratories and business in private homes, other than licensed child care facilities being the only exceptions.
On May 30, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the exemptions were unconstitutional since they did not take the health of employees at exempted businesses into account. It was expected that the entirety of Omaha would be smoke free by June 30.
Other universities across the nation have been implementing smoking bans as well. Mohiuddin said Eastern Michigan University, for instance, has been smoke free for five years.
Eastern Michigan's policy, however, is not as strict as Creighton: tobacco use is permitted outside, 25 feet from any building entrance, air intake duct or window, according to the university's Web site. Tobacco is also banned in outdoor areas where seating is available and university vehicles are located.
UNO ban faces enforcement, political problems
Legislation calling for smoking bans have been considered several times by UNO's student government, most recently this spring. A proposal by former Sen. Holly Byers would have sought to establish eight "free smoking" zones across campus as part of a compromised ban. Senators first sent the resolution back to committee then voted it down on April 10, citing concerns about a lack of student input.
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