Students for a Smoke Free Campus

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Students for a Smoke Free Campus

• Second Hand Smoke Presentation

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SSC Mission Statement

• To eliminate exposure to second hand smoke,
  through creating a smoke-free policy for the
  entire University of Oregon campus.

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What is Second Hand Smoke?

• Combination of side stream smoke (comes from
  burning tobacco), and mainstream smoke (comes
  from exhaled smoke). Also known as Environmental
  Tobacco Smoke.
• Contains over 4000 chemicals, some of which are
  carcinogens (cancer causing).

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Tobacco is the Leading Preventable Cause of Death
in the U.S.
JAMA, March 10, 2004 Vol 291, No.10
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The Cigarette
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New Findings from the Surgeon Generals Report,
2006

• There is no risk-free level of exposure to
  secondhand smoke
• The U.S. Surgeon General has concluded that
  breathing even a little secondhand smoke poses a
  risk to your health.

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6 Major Conclusions from the Surgeon Generals
Report

• There is no risk-free level of exposure to
  secondhand smoke.
• Secondhand smoke exposure causes disease and
  premature death in children and adults who do not
  smoke.
• Exposure of adults to secondhand smoke has
  immediate adverse effects on the cardiovascular
  system and causes coronary heart disease and lung
  cancer.
• Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at an
  increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome
  (SIDS), acute respiratory infections, ear
  problems, and more severe asthma.

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Continued

• Eliminating smoking in indoor spaces fully
  protects nonsmokers from exposure to secondhand
  smoke. Separating smokers from nonsmokers,
  cleaning the air, and ventilating buildings
  cannot eliminate exposures of nonsmokers to
  secondhand smoke.
• Millions of Americans are still exposed to
  secondhand smoke in their homes and workplaces

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What is being done to combat Secondhand Smoke?

• Not only are workplaces, bars, restaurants going
  smoke-free to avoid secondhand smoke, but so are
  many college campuses around the nation.

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Smoke-free Campuses

• University of California at San Francisco
• Indiana University Purdue University at
  Indianapolis
• University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• University of Wisconsin at Baraboo/Sauk
• Indiana University East Campus
• Des Moines University
• Fullerton College
• Ohlone College
• Mesa College
• Riverside Community College
• San Joaquin Delta College
• Darton College
• Floyd College
• Gainesville College
• Columbia Union College
• Garrett College

• Maryland Bible College and Seminary
• Great Lakes Christian College
• Lansing Community College
• Ozarks Technical Community College
• Burlington County College
• County College of Morris
• Cazenovia College
• Bismarck State College
• Minot State University
• Circleville Bible College
• Austin Peay State University
• Alvin Community College
• San Antonio College
• San Jacinto College, South Campus
• Brigham Young University
• Clark College
• Kennebec Valley Community College

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Campus Concerns about Second- Hand Smoke

• Asthma, or other sensitivities to smoke

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Campus Concerns..

• Litter cigarette butts make up a majority of
  campus litter, and takes years to biodegrade.

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Campus Concerns

• Fires second to cooking fires, fires started by
  cigarettes are the most common on college
  campuses.
• (Picture) Authorities blamed the fire on a lit
  cigarette left on a couch outside this apartment.
  

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Campus Concerns

• Clean Air the U of O prides itself on being an
  environmentally conscious university, but how can
  it stand for the enormous amount of pollution
  that secondhand smoke creates?

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Campus Concerns

• Smoking creates a less productive workforce
  smokers are absent 50 more than non-smokers.
  Also, those who smoke increase healthcare costs,
  due to their increased illnesses from smoking
  (ttac.college.org)

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Benefits to a Smoke Free Campus

• Clean air, free of carcinogens, and asthma
  inducing particles.
• Healthier, more productive student body and
  faculty.
• Healthy future work force.
• Lower healthcare costs.
• Less litter on campus grounds.
• Less risk of fires in residence halls, and in
  lawns around campus.
• Less likely for students to start smoking

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How you can become involved

• Sign a pledge, giving your support to Students
  for a Smoke Free Campus.
• Come to our weekly meetings, give your ideas, and
  help us create an initiative for policy change
  regarding smoking on campus property at the U of
  O.
• Spread the word about the benefits of a smoke
  free campus.