I knew that a campus wide tobacco ban (anything but nicotine patch/gum ban is what it should be called) was going to be implemented on all UC campuses in 2014. Here is an email I just received, notice what product is banned as well. What really sucks is our campus has no way to cross the street and simply be off campus, it's in the redwoods, forget about walking off campus. Parking is extremely limited and pricey, forget about driving off campus. Waiting for a bus to take you to and from will be a 40 minute adventure. I see people smoking illegal substances on sides paths or tucked in the woods, it won't be hard to smoke cigs in the woods, and hell it will be easy to stealth vape. Thank god I'm about to graduate, won't have to put up with this BS.
To: UCSC Community
From: Chancellor Blumenthal
Re: Update on UC tobacco-Free Policy
As you may know, University of California President Mark Yudof has directed all UC campuses to become tobacco-free no later than January 1, 2014. When the campus implements that policy on January 1, the use of cigarettes, cigars, oral tobacco, electronic cigarettes, and all other tobacco products will be prohibited on the UCSC campus and at all other properties owned or leased by UCSC. For example, the policy will also apply to Long Marine Lab and the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, Mt. Hamilton, MBEST, Big Creek Nature Reserve, Delaware Avenue and Shaffer Road buildings, University Extension, and the University Affiliated Research Center; and it will apply to campus-owned or leased housing, such as student residential buildings and apartments, college provost houses, and employee rental housing.
Implementing a tobacco-free policy will benefit our entire community. Tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke are the leading causes of preventable disease and death worldwide. Cigarette butts and smoke degrade the quality of our air, water, forests, and beaches; and cigarette butts, which are non-biodegradable, account for one-third of all the litter in California. This policy is intended to protect our community from these adverse health and environmental impacts.
Executive Vice Chancellor Alison Galloway and I have asked Associate Vice Chancellor of Risk and Safety Services Jean Marie Scott and Director of Risk Services Saladin Sale to co-chair a campus committee that will oversee implementation of this new policy. A first draft of the campus's plan will be available next month for review and input by students, staff, and faculty. That plan will include ensuring that tobacco users at UCSC have access to a variety of free and low-cost tobacco-cessation services, in addition to those provided by health insurance, to support anyone who wants to kick the tobacco habit.
This is the right time to go tobacco-free. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently called for smoke- and tobacco-free policies at all universities across the United States. Nationwide, more than 1,000 colleges and universities have already adopted such policies. All of our community members deserve a healthy place in which to learn, work, and live, and I look forward to your partnership in implementing this new UC policy.
To: UCSC Community
From: Chancellor Blumenthal
Re: Update on UC tobacco-Free Policy
As you may know, University of California President Mark Yudof has directed all UC campuses to become tobacco-free no later than January 1, 2014. When the campus implements that policy on January 1, the use of cigarettes, cigars, oral tobacco, electronic cigarettes, and all other tobacco products will be prohibited on the UCSC campus and at all other properties owned or leased by UCSC. For example, the policy will also apply to Long Marine Lab and the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, Mt. Hamilton, MBEST, Big Creek Nature Reserve, Delaware Avenue and Shaffer Road buildings, University Extension, and the University Affiliated Research Center; and it will apply to campus-owned or leased housing, such as student residential buildings and apartments, college provost houses, and employee rental housing.
Implementing a tobacco-free policy will benefit our entire community. Tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke are the leading causes of preventable disease and death worldwide. Cigarette butts and smoke degrade the quality of our air, water, forests, and beaches; and cigarette butts, which are non-biodegradable, account for one-third of all the litter in California. This policy is intended to protect our community from these adverse health and environmental impacts.
Executive Vice Chancellor Alison Galloway and I have asked Associate Vice Chancellor of Risk and Safety Services Jean Marie Scott and Director of Risk Services Saladin Sale to co-chair a campus committee that will oversee implementation of this new policy. A first draft of the campus's plan will be available next month for review and input by students, staff, and faculty. That plan will include ensuring that tobacco users at UCSC have access to a variety of free and low-cost tobacco-cessation services, in addition to those provided by health insurance, to support anyone who wants to kick the tobacco habit.
This is the right time to go tobacco-free. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently called for smoke- and tobacco-free policies at all universities across the United States. Nationwide, more than 1,000 colleges and universities have already adopted such policies. All of our community members deserve a healthy place in which to learn, work, and live, and I look forward to your partnership in implementing this new UC policy.
