tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88196911773836273552024-03-18T21:50:15.572-07:00Hopkins Kicks ButtsHopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-38290489651163383952014-03-13T10:08:00.003-07:002014-03-13T10:08:38.343-07:00Blog Contest!We're hosting a blog contest until Thursday, March 27 for Kicks Butts Week! Submit your answer to "<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How would a smoke-free campus policy benefit you?</span></i></b>" to hopkinskicksbutts@gmail.com for a chance to win a Chipotle gift card.Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-54057344932210598112012-11-26T14:09:00.002-08:002012-11-26T14:10:23.113-08:00A member post on tobacco education efforts<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">● According to the Centre for Disease Control, among adults who smoke, 85 percent started when they were 21 or younger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">● Every day, almost 3,900 children under 18 years of age try their first cigarette. More than 950 of them will become new, regular daily smokers. Half of them will ultimately die from their habit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Although many consider tobacco education to be
“a high-school thing”, a significant number of young people actually start
smoking in college.</span> College students consume tobacco for a variety of reasons:
stress, weight loss, social interactions…etc. Because smoking is often precipitated
by social factors, and because college students’ social groups often revolve
around school, school-based programs are powerful in preventing young people
from having their first cigarette and in motivating those who are already
smoking quit. A University of Southern California review of more than 30 school
programs and found that they can reduce existing youth smoking by as much as 20
percent while also effectively curbing the number of young people who ever
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nonetheless, it can be tricky to effectively advocate and
educate college-aged students about the harms of tobacco. After all, these are<span style="color: #134f5c;">
</span><span style="color: #45818e;">educated and independent</span> young people that have pre-existing personal beliefs
and can form their own opinions. Therefore, effective tobacco education programs
should be comprehensive in addressing a variety of issues: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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undesirable physiologic, cosmetic, and social consequences of tobacco use.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Importantly, to reinforce this educational effort, schools
should enforce policies that forbid smoking or other tobacco use by students,
staff, or visitors on campus or at school activities, and provide smokers with
cessation information and assistance.<span style="color: #b45f06;"> The goals of Hopkins Kicks Butts are to
educate people about the harms of tobacco use and to create a smoke-free
environment for students, faculty, and staff. </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">Today, that mission continues.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-18136756058198570442012-10-24T12:01:00.000-07:002012-10-24T12:01:37.026-07:00Want to Kick the Habit?<br />
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According
to the Center for Disease Control, tobacco dependence is the most common form
of chemical addiction in the United States; naturally-occurring nicotine is
fast-acting and may be as addictive as alcohol or heroine. Tobacco dependence
is a serious, chronic condition, and quitting may involve several bouts with
relapse and withdrawal, but it can and has been done. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Though
not as effective as never smoking in the first place, cessation has been shown
to reduce a smoker’s risk of lung cancer to that of a non-smoker within fifteen
years, not to mention the reduced risks of coronary heart disease, peripheral
vascular disease, stroke and COPD. Therefore, the earlier one decides to quit,
the higher the likelihood of a favorable outcome. Fortunately, nearly 70% of
current American smokers report that they want to quit permanently, and 62.4%
of Americans aged 18-24 stopped for more than 1 day in 2010 because of their
intention to cease. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Once
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<li>Put
together a list of reasons why you want to quit and place it near where you
keep your cigarettes as a reminder</li>
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about when and where you tend to smoke, and make plans to be somewhere else or with other people instead</li>
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the contents of your ashtray in a jar, dump in a few cups of water and leave
the jar alone until you are
hit with a craving. “It’s really disgusting; it’ll make you never want to see a
cigarette again,” according to Dr.
Coral Avon, a behavioral health specialist in Miami and former smoker</li>
<li>Reward yourself with small things such as a fancy dinner or visit to the spa
when you overcome a craving or
at other, regular intervals of time</li>
<li>Gradually replace tobacco with less harmful habits, even electronic or water
vapor cigarettes</li>
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your own devil’s advocate: dispute your irrational urges</li>
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<li>Clinical support, where your physician takes time to offer
advice and assistance</li>
<li>Group counseling, even with family and friends</li>
<li>Over-the-counter products such as nicotine
patches/lozenges as well as prescription therapies including Chantix and Zyban
have been proven effective</li>
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All in
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of disease or premature death, and although it is more effective in those who
quit early, cessation is beneficial for smokers of all ages. Since 2002, former
smokers in the United States have outnumbered current smokers; support is
available, and breaking free of dependence is not out of reach.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-70991276754737624032012-10-10T12:28:00.001-07:002012-10-10T12:28:49.598-07:00HKB Member Blog- Health Effects of Tobacco Use<br />
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<u><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Health Effects of Tobacco Use</span></u><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">There is an abundance of detrimental health
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tobacco use currently leads to 20% of deaths
in the US annually, or in other words, 443,000 deaths per year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">There are many cancers, associated with
tobacco use, including cancer of the: bladder, cervix, esophagus, kidneys,
larynx, oral cavity, pancreas, pharynx, stomach, and lungs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tobacco use is a cause of lung cancer and
leads to approximately 80% of women’s lung cancer deaths and 90% of men’s lung
cancer deaths. Women are 13 times more likely to obtain lung cancer if smoking
tobacco, and men are 23 times more likely to do so. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Smoking also increases the risk of lung
diseases such as emphysema, bronchitis, chronic airway obstruction and leads to
one being 13 times more likely to die from chronic obstructive lung
diseases. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tobacco use additionally harms ones
cardiovascular health, for smoking is a cause of coronary heart disease,
abdominal aortic aneurysm, and increases one’s risk of obtaining peripheral
vascular disease. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Smoking is also attributed to infertility,
and has adverse impact on young ones, including: preterm delivery, still birth,
low birth weight, and sudden infant death syndrome, also known as SIDS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It is evident that there is a dearth of
health reasons why one should not smoke tobacco. Hopefully this will move
people to not start the habit, and quit if they have! Remember, HKB is on your
side!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u4:p></u4:p>Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-8569254215074283332012-09-26T12:36:00.000-07:002012-09-26T12:36:18.965-07:00HKB Blogger: Smoke-Free Campus Initiative<br />
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There are currently at least 774
colleges and universities across the United States that have a 100% smoke-free or tobacco free campus. Surprisingly Johns Hopkins is not one of them. This major leap on college campuses is the
best method to protect students, faculty, and employees from second hand smoke
as well as encouraging those who smoke to quit. According to the 2012 Surgeon
General's Report on Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults:<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->In 2010, there were more than 20 million
students enrolled in degree-granting institutions. This does not include
faculty, staff, and visitors to campuses who are also impacted by a smoke-free
or tobacco-free campus policy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Many risk factors, including tobacco use, peak
from 18-25 years of age; college attendance could be a turning point in
choosing not to use tobacco<o:p></o:p></div>
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years old were current smokers in 2010.<o:p></o:p></div>
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after age 18 increased from 600,000 in 2002 to 1 million in 2010.<o:p></o:p></div>
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almost always occurs by age 26.<o:p></o:p></div>
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not enrolled in college, college students and campus policies offer a unique
opportunity to create and sustain tobacco-free living. (<a href="http://www.no-smoke.org/goingsmokefree.php?id=447">http://www.no-smoke.org/goingsmokefree.php?id=447</a>)<o:p></o:p></div>
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For a university that emphasizes
and excels in public health and medicine, it simply does not make sense that
smoking is still permitted especially on a campus where most of the
undergraduate students live and study. The State of Maryland specifies that
people smoking should be 15 feet away from a building. However, Johns Hopkins
University does not indicate these laws in the student handbook or in student
life policies and there is little to no enforcement of this law on campus.
There are people smoking right outside classroom buildings, the library and on
pathways with heavy pedestrian traffic. This is harmful and unpleasant for
passerbys who do not wish to encounter second hand smoke. It is time that we
make the leap as well and promote a healthier smoke-free campus.</div>
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Want to know more about going smoke-free? Come to our meeting tonight at 6pm in Mattin 160!</div>
Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-2601648097989115242012-09-26T12:25:00.003-07:002012-09-26T12:25:57.601-07:00HKB Blogs Again!Our HKB members are blogging! Look for bi-monthly blog posts from our members about different topics important to the tobacco prevention movement. And if you want to know more- come to our meetings! This week's meeting is tonight (9/26) at 6pm in Mattin 160. Hope to see you there!Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-45174546208414311472009-03-23T10:11:00.001-07:002009-11-04T10:43:22.622-08:00We want your feedback!<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><strong><em>Thank you</em></strong></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> for coming to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">HKB's</span> blog dedicated to informing the Hopkins Community about our efforts to make <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Homewood</span> a 100% smoke-free campus. Below, you will find posts focusing on each area of our Smoke-free Campus Proposal. Please read each section in its entirety and leave a comment with your feedback and suggestions. Keep in mind, this blog represents a proposal, which is subject to change based on feedback. We greatly appreciate comments that offer improvements and bring to light areas not already highlighted.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">The mission of Hopkins Kicks Butts is to promote a healthier campus community through activism and awareness against tobacco use. The purpose of this policy is not to infringe upon <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">anyone's</span> rights, but to promote the well-being of the student body by reducing exposure to secondhand smoke.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://media.www.jhunewsletter.com/media/storage/paper932/news/2009/10/29/NewsFeatures/Student.Group.Calls.For.Campus.Smoking.Ban-3818172.shtml">Click here</a> for a recent article in the Newsletter about our efforts.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Please note, we respect your opinions and encourage any questions or criticisms, but please keep all comments clean and polite. As representatives of </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" style="FONT-STYLE: italic">JHU</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">, all parties must be respectful. Any comments including derogatory or explicit language will not be posted.</span> Comments in support of the proposal are also appreciated.<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">Hopkins Kicks Butts<br />A Center for Health Education and Wellness Group<br /></span></em><br />Notice:<br />Because HKB is a Center for Health Education and Wellness student group, the comments must be moderated before being posted to ensure no derogatory or explicit language is used. All other comments will be posted, but it may take time for them to appear. We will update the comments regularly, but unfortunately, it cannot be instant. Please check back often to view comments. Thank you.Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-44113105239141756972009-03-23T10:08:00.000-07:002009-11-04T10:44:49.423-08:00Why we're doing it...<strong><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">The Hopkins reputation</span></em></strong><br /><br /><ul><li>The Johns Hopkins University is heavily focused on health-related fields, and the School of Medicine is one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the world.</li><li>Hopkins ought to establish policies that emphasize good health and protect students from the <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/secondhand-smoke/CC00023">known</a><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/secondhand-smoke/CC00023"> hazards</a> of secondhand smoke.</li><li>By banning smoking on campus, Hopkins will set an important precedent by protecting students from the dangerous chemicals and <a href="http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/roc/eleventh/profiles/s176toba.pdf">carcinogens</a> in secondhand smoke. </li></ul><p><strong><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">Student support</span></em></strong></p><ul><li>Many students, faculty and staff on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Homewood</span> campus have voiced their opinions supporting the ban of smoking. </li><li>Over 820 students, faculty members, and staff have signed a petition supporting a 100% campus-wide ban on smoking.<br />– These signatures were ascertained in less than twenty hours.</li></ul><p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><em>National recommendations</em></strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="color:#000000;">The American College Health Association has recently released an <a href="http://www.acha.org/Info_resources/tobacco_statement.pdf">official statement </a>on tobacco on American college and university campuses, strongly urging campuses to move toward a tobacco-free environment. Our current efforts are focused on smoke-free campuses (smokeless tobacco permitted), but are willing to support tobacco-free if deemed necessary.</span></li><li>The <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/12/hm.smokefree.campus/index.html">media</a> has taken notice of this trend for over two years now. The <a href="http://www.cancer.org/docroot/com/content/div_northwest/com_5_1x_smoke-free_college_campus_initiative.asp">American Cancer Society</a> urges campuses to be leaders in this trend rather than waiting to become followers.</li></ul>Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-61216702522294176782009-03-23T10:04:00.000-07:002009-11-04T09:59:39.320-08:00The harm it causes...<strong><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">The harms of secondhand smoke</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><ul><li>Secondhand smoke causes approximately 3,400 lung cancer deaths and 22,700-69,600 heart disease deaths in adult nonsmokers in the United States each year. </li><li>The current <a href="http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/report/executivesummary.pdf">Surgeon General’s Report</a> and the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/general_facts/index.htm">CDC</a> have concluded that scientific evidence indicates that there is no-risk free level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Short exposures to secondhand smoke can cause blood platelets to become stickier, damage the lining of blood vessels, decrease coronary flow velocity reserves, and reduce heart rate variability, potentially increasing the risk of heart attack. <em><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/health_effects/heart_disease/">CDC</a></em></li></ul><p><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><em>The evidence on campus</em></span></strong></p><ul><li>Smoking related litter around campus</li><li>Individuals who ignore No Smoking signs</li><li>Smoking <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">receptacles</span> located within close proximity to entrances</li><li>Condensed areas of smokers (ex: near the library, near dorm entrances)</li></ul><p><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><strong>Student feedback<br /></strong></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">The following is a letter written to Dean Boswell in regard to secondhand smoke:</span></em></p><blockquote></blockquote><p>I’m a freshman living in ***. My first couple of weeks at Hopkins have been really great, and I’m thoroughly enjoying my classes and the experience of living in a dorm at college. Over the past two weeks, however, I’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ve</span> begun to notice something really unpleasant.<br /><br />As you know, *** is not air-conditioned. This means that almost everyone living in the building has a fan, and most people have been leaving their windows open to try and cope with the heat. I live on the first floor of *** house, and as I sit at my desk attempting to do my homework, it’s very common for a large amount of cigarette smoke to be wafted into my window from the people smoking directly outside it. It gets to the point where the whole room stinks as if someone were smoking in it. I don’t smoke, and I try to avoid breathing in cigarette smoke as much as possible, because I feel it’s thoroughly unhealthy. Even though my roommate and I, and many other people on the first floor of *** are making healthy choices about smoking, we’re being subjected to breathing cigarette smoke against our will.<br /><br />As a freshman, my small dorm room is the only truly private place that I have to go to here at Hopkins. I think it’s completely unfair that cigarette smoke is being forced upon me while I’m trying to get my work done. With this letter I am urging you to support a ban of smoking in the *** courtyard. I think it would be very reasonable to ask smokers to move [elsewhere] in respect for the other people living in the building. Dorm life is centered around respecting other people, and this ban would help us move one step closer to that achieving that respect.<br /><br />I know that Hopkins is very supportive of leading a healthy life; please help to support a healthier campus by sparing us the experience of breathing in a bedroom filled with smoke. It will be a challenge to make the entirety of campus smoke free, but banning smoking in the courtyard is an important first step.<br /><br />Thank you for your time,</p><p>*******<br /></p>Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-49701351518481153652009-03-23T10:03:00.000-07:002009-03-24T20:24:56.532-07:00The rights conflict...<strong><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3 conflicting rights</span></em></strong><br /><br />–Right of personal property<br /><ul><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">JHU's</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Homewood</span> Campus is a privately owned and funded property. While students do pay tuition, is their choice to attend the university and are thus bound by it's regulations and policies.</li></ul>–Right to smoke<br /><ul><li>The <a href="http://www.phi.org/pdf-library/talc-memo-0051.pdf">Public Health <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Institute's</span> </a>Technical <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Assistance</span> Legal Center has published a statement that there is no constitutional right to smoke.</li></ul><p>–Right to life/health </p><ul><li>The right to life is fundamental to U.S. citizens. It is the responsibility of all citizens to not impede upon another's well-being. There is significant <a href="http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/report/chapter1.pdf">evidence</a> that over 50,000 deaths of nonsmokers are attributed to secondhand smoke each year.</li></ul><p><strong>It is the opinion of Hopkins Kicks Butts that one’s right to life and health trumps another’s decision to smoke.</strong></p>Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-4586418638551742082009-03-23T10:01:00.000-07:002009-11-04T10:29:46.684-08:00The Plan...<strong><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">Goal: Smoke-free campus</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)">Three Step Plan<br /></span></strong>1)Post signs on campus building entrances and ban all campus-sponsored events involving tobacco<br />2)Create smoking zones in parking lots<br />3)Completely smoke free<br /><br /><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)">Step 1: </span></strong>Ensure that signs are posted on all building entrances; No smoking within 50* feet of building entrances; Ban all campus sponsored events that promote tobacco.<br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong>Step 2:</strong> </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Smoking zones will include all parking lots as long as the smoker is at least 50* feet away from a campus building entrances; There are over fifteen parking lots within campus borders. Smokers should not have a problem reaching one during this initial phase; Student exposure to secondhand smoke will be greatly reduced.</span><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong>Step 3:</strong> </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Smoking prohibited everywhere within campus borders; Smoking inside of cars negotiable; No exposure to secondhand smoke on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Homewood</span> Campus.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">*The 50 foot area was chosen at the time of the proposal writing based on discussions with currently practicing smoke-free universities. After further communications with other universities, and in light of </span><a href="http://www.repace.com/pdf/outdoorair.pdf"><span style="font-size:85%;">new research</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, this number is being reevaluated to potentially drop to 25-30 feet.</span>Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-64806579995353921952009-03-23T09:58:00.000-07:002009-11-04T10:39:22.161-08:00A few hurdles...<strong><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">What are the boundaries of the policy?</span></em></strong><br /><br /><br /><ul><li>The main <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Homewood</span> campus surrounded by gates. </li><li>Within 50* fifty feet of all Residence Halls and Apartments under the Housing office’s supervision. </li></ul><p><strong><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">How will students be notified of the policy change?</span></em></strong></p><ul><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Flyer</span> mailboxes and tables at dinning halls</li><li>Daily Announcements</li><li>Email</li><li>Big TV screens</li><li>Hold school-wide debate/forum<br />–“Town hall meeting” to discuss the new policy and allow students to voice concerns or give suggestions about the proposed policy </li></ul><p><strong><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">Addressing additional challenges</span></em></strong></p><ul><li><strong>Opposition:</strong> we are providing a systematic phase out of smoking, and we give people an opportunity to voice their concerns.</li><li><strong>Implementation of policy:</strong> Campus Police, Peer-Policing, $15 fine<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">*NOTE* Peer-policing involves non-confrontational enforcement from peers; approaching smokers on campus to remind them of the smoke-free policy and ask that they refrain from smoking. If any security notices smokers on campus, the fine is not mandated instantly. Smokers will be reminded of the policy, asked to refrain, and be provided with cessation resources. The $15 fine would only be incurred for failure to comply. After discussions with over 20 current smoke-free campuses following this enforcement pattern, none have ever had to resort to a fine as most smokers were willing to relocate or extinguish their tobacco product.</span></li><li><strong>Awareness:</strong> Collaborate with PEEPS to do tobacco education, work with counseling center to develop quit-counseling group.</li></ul><p><span style="font-size:85%;">*The 50 foot area was chosen at the time of the proposal based on discussions with currently practicing smoke-free universities. After further communications with other universities, and in light of </span><a href="http://www.repace.com/pdf/outdoorair.pdf"><span style="font-size:85%;">new research</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, this number is being reevaluated to drop to 25-30 feet.</span></p>Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819691177383627355.post-46210864285573669312009-03-23T09:50:00.000-07:002010-05-24T06:56:24.827-07:00We are not alone!<em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Examples of Successful Implementation</span></strong> </em><br /><br /><strong>As of <a href="http://www.no-smoke.org/pdf/smokefreecollegesuniversities.pdf">April 1, 2010</a>:</strong><br />–394 colleges are now completely 100% smoke-free.<br />–80 more smoke-free campuses with exceptions of remote outdoor areas.<br /><br /><strong>Johns Hopkins Medical Campus’</strong> successful enactment of smoke-free zones.Hopkins Kicks Buttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818433171103865278noreply@blogger.com0