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MUSC banning use of tobacco
Campus will be tobacco-free for all in March
By RENEE DUDLEY - rdudley@postandcourier.com
The Medical University of South Carolina will be a tobacco-free campus beginning in March, when a policy announced this week takes effect.
The new rules say faculty, students and volunteers wont even be allowed to smoke in personal vehicles parked on MUSC property or have an odor of tobacco products on their clothing or person.
Patients and visitors also must comply. Vendors who smoke on the job could have their contracts terminated.
It is a part of our mission to prevent cancer and to lead by example in providing the healthiest environment possible for everyone on our campus, MUSC President Ray Greenberg told employees in an e-mail.
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Not everyone is happy.
Marcus Brumbaugh smoked for more than 45 years before resolving to quit last year. The MUSC employee, who works for the physical plant, uses e-cigarettes containing nicotine to help him kick the habit. But the new policy forbids them and other smokeless tobacco products in addition to cigarettes, cigars and pipes.
How can you justify that? he said, noting the product he uses now contains only vegetable glycerin and flavoring. I tried to stop many times with gum, patches, medication and even hypnosis, but nothing worked but the e-cigarette.
He outlined his gripes in an email to Greenberg Thursday.
In a response, Greenberg told Brumbaugh he would study the matter.
It will not become effective until March, so there should be ample opportunity to review it and refine it as needed between now and then, he wrote.
Even Brumbaugh acknowledges the clean air will be nice.
After all those years of smoking, now I hold my breath when I walk by smokers because I cant stand the smell of it, he said.
MUSC banning use of tobacco
Campus will be tobacco-free for all in March
By RENEE DUDLEY - rdudley@postandcourier.com
The Medical University of South Carolina will be a tobacco-free campus beginning in March, when a policy announced this week takes effect.
The new rules say faculty, students and volunteers wont even be allowed to smoke in personal vehicles parked on MUSC property or have an odor of tobacco products on their clothing or person.
Patients and visitors also must comply. Vendors who smoke on the job could have their contracts terminated.
It is a part of our mission to prevent cancer and to lead by example in providing the healthiest environment possible for everyone on our campus, MUSC President Ray Greenberg told employees in an e-mail.
...
Not everyone is happy.
Marcus Brumbaugh smoked for more than 45 years before resolving to quit last year. The MUSC employee, who works for the physical plant, uses e-cigarettes containing nicotine to help him kick the habit. But the new policy forbids them and other smokeless tobacco products in addition to cigarettes, cigars and pipes.
How can you justify that? he said, noting the product he uses now contains only vegetable glycerin and flavoring. I tried to stop many times with gum, patches, medication and even hypnosis, but nothing worked but the e-cigarette.
He outlined his gripes in an email to Greenberg Thursday.
In a response, Greenberg told Brumbaugh he would study the matter.
It will not become effective until March, so there should be ample opportunity to review it and refine it as needed between now and then, he wrote.
Even Brumbaugh acknowledges the clean air will be nice.
After all those years of smoking, now I hold my breath when I walk by smokers because I cant stand the smell of it, he said.
