Universities and Tobacco
An Insidious Obstacle to Tobacco Control
Although more than 1,750 colleges and universities in the United States alone have become smoke free campuses over the past 20 years (including nearly 1,500 that claim to have adopted entirely tobacco-free policies), progress in reducing cigarette, smokeless tobacco, and hookah use among U.S. university students has slowed. Prevalence may be as high as 25%. Globally, reported smoking prevalence among university students ranges from 14% in Brazil to 60% in Bangladesh.
“Ya see? College has been dumbed down”
Editorial page cartoon by CP Houston (Clyde Peterson)
Houston Chronicle
November 23, 1998
“Researchers Alarmed by 28% Jump in College Smokers”
Article by Alissa J. Rubin
Los Angeles Times
November 18, 1998
“Tobacco Use Among College Students”
Article by Edward P Ehlinger, MD
Healthy Generations
May, 2000
“College Smoking increases by an ‘alarming’ 28%”
Article by Robert Davis
USA Today
November 28, 1998
Tobacco Summit – Tobacco Use Among College And University Students
Letter from Edward P. Ehlinger to Alan Blum, MD
University of Minnesota
June 8, 2001
“Tobacco Summit – Tobacco Use Among College And University Students Conference Evaluation”
Evaluation
April 27, 2001
“Number of college smokers increases 28% since 1993”
Article by The Associated Press
Houston Chronicle
November 18, 1998
POL-201 | Campus Smoking Bans
“Smoking foes propose ban in dorms of public colleges”
Article
Boston Telegram & Gazette
Circa 1990
“More colleges banning smoking”
Front page headline on article by Emily Bazar
USA Today
March 2, 2007
“UA (University of Alabama) Smokeout to feature flash mob”
Article
Morgan Taylor
Tuscaloosa News
November 19, 2013
Fire at a fraternity house attributed to a cigarette
Photograph
Circa 1980
“Smoke-Free New England Campus Initiative”
Newsletter
Jessica Morganoff
Campus Firewatch
2002
“Ban smoking at public institutions”
Letters
USA Today
March 2007
“U.S. Colleges and Universities with Smokefree Air Policies”
Report by American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation
April 20, 2009
“Snuffed Out”–Year in Review
Feature article
The Crimson White
April 23, 2015
“University of Arkansas to be Tobacco Free”
Press Release
University of Arkansas
May 14, 2007
“Anti-smoking campaign ads ineffective”
Article
The Crimson White
January 10, 2005
“T-Town to consider smoking ban”
Article
The Crimson White
March 3, 2006
“Smokers say ‘No’ to restrictions”
Article
The Crimson White
January 14, 2009
“Tobacco Use Among College and University Students”
Program of first national summit on Tobacco Use Among College and University Students
University of Minnesota
April 27, 2001