Effective August 1, 2011, MCC will become tobacco-free. Chancellor Mark James made the announcement at the Chancellor Cabinet meeting on Nov.9, 2010.
This aggressive timeline will be implemented for the purpose of creating healthier campus environments for students, employees and visitors.
Tobacco-free refers to all types of smoking and smokeless tobacco products. Once implemented, all areas of MCC premises and grounds will be tobacco-free, as well as all MCC vehicles being used for MCC business. All students, employees, visitors, contractors, vendors and delivery personnel will be required to follow this initiative.
Carolyn Baskett, associate vice chancellor of human resources, has been charged by Chancellor James to coordinate and implement the tobacco-free initiative with the support of our students and employees.
The tobacco-free committee met for the first time last week, and will keep you updated on the progress through articles on The MCC Insider, emails and governance groups, as well as other communication avenues.
Currently, all the questions you may have regarding details, such as enforcement and consequences, are still being hammered out by the committee. Stay tuned to The MCC Insider for details as the initiative unfolds.
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Thank heavens for tobacco-free! I about choke on all the smoke coming in/out of the Humanities building at Penn Valley! I can't wait for August to get here!
ReplyDeleteAs an adult I feel that making is so that we cannot take a smoke break between classes is kind of moving in the direction of turning College into High School...I already hear about teachers who only let one person out of a class at a time and who have silly things like behavior slips....This is college people, and please dont tell me it's for my own good or that it's really that bothersome to have me smoking a cigarette in a designated place thats easy to get to between classes. Please stop treating adults like children and respect that I have a choice what I do to my body!
ReplyDeleteI think this is going to be an epic fail unless they implement some pretty heavy consequences for tobacco use... basically unless they scare people into it. There are too many smokers that will absolutely refuse to stop unless its VERY strict. Is it really worth all that? Maybe instead we could make the smoking areas further away from the general student body and better patrolled.
ReplyDeleteI have no problem with free choice, if you choose to smoke the problems go with you.
ReplyDeleteWhat I never understood was the campus setting... ash trys so close to the door ways. I figured it was to cause a ruckus among fellow students to force this issue.
Now that a smoke free environment is around the corner I will look forward to a little reduction in tuition fees since insurance rates will drop. Its always about the money folks!
I thought that the constitution of the united states gave us freedom of choice. If we choose to put our health at risk and smoke, that should be our business, we are after all, smoking outside where the wind takes the smoke away. If you are still insisting that we not smoke near where people enter and exit the building, move the smoking area to the roof, I am sure that all of the smokers would donate at least the cost of a pack of cigarettes for the procurement of such an area.
ReplyDeleteThis is plain stupid, I for one will just take my college dollars somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteLongview is a joke as far as colleges go anyhow...and the sheep you produce will probably follow right along with the idiocy.
It's a shame that nobody fights for anything anymore, the only time the sheep get even mildly excited is when their favorite dancing with the stars or american idol contestant wins...PATHETIC in every way!
I don't see the point in this, to be honest. The point on all of us being adults that can make our own decisions has already been raised. If the stinking smell of cigarette smoke is an issue, then there needs to be hygenic checkpoints as well, because I am offended far more by the many students who refuse to shower themselves than the smokers that already have designated areas.
ReplyDelete-Someone who doesn't smoke.
Ciggarette smoke puts everyone's health at risk. Period. Sometimes, it can affect the way students perform in class after having to walk through smoky doorways where it lingers into the building. Many colleges, universities and cities are going smoke-free.It's not a new idea nor will it go away if you keep whining. Second hand smoke is a serious issue. This Smoke-free campaign isn't to attack the smokers, but to protect those of us who would like to live life a little bit longer and enjoy it at the same time: healthy and happy.
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