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Publication Date: 2012
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Should College Campuses become Tobacco Free without an Enforcement Plan?
Fennell, Reginald
Journal of American College Health, v60 n7 p491-494 2012
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.
Descriptors: Public Health, Smoking, Alcohol Education, Campuses, Universities, College Students, School Policy, Discipline Policy
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