Almost 25 years since 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 first tobacco policy came into effect, a policy that will ban the use of all tobacco products on campus will take effect on July 1, 2013.
After the Board of Governors approved a resolution supporting a tobacco-free campus at its April 2012 meeting, the office of human resources and the university鈥檚 Wellness Committee drafted a policy and won the support of the Student Government Association, the Faculty Senate and the Staff Senate. The proposal was recommended by 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 Governance Advisory Council on Oct. 16 and signed by Dr. Robert Vartabedian, 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 president, on Oct. 23.
The policy prohibits 鈥渟moking, the use of smokeless tobacco products and nicotine delivery devices in facilities, grounds and property owned, leased, or controlled by the university.鈥�
大象传媒 Western鈥檚 first smoking policy in 1988 prohibited smoking in all campus buildings except in designated smoking areas. A second, stricter smoking policy was introduced in February 1991, when all buildings on campus became smoke-free.