 legendNYCTo Be OverPremium
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| Queens College Bans Smoking On Campus If you’re going to light up a cigarette at Queens College these days, you’ll have to stroll out to Kissena Boulevard and smoke with the traffic.
The college has joined its CUNY siblings by banning all tobacco products on campus, including cigarettes and chewing tobacco. The ban, which went into effect New Year’s Day, arrives earlier than the tobacco-free policy which will soon govern all CUNYs in the fall of 2012.
Even smoking outside is now prohibited on all of Queens College’s 77-acres, a policy championed by the university as another step toward a more environmentally-conscious campus.
»www.queenstribune.com/news/News_···pus.html |
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| Smart move. It will benefit all....
I'm waiting for those who bring up car emissions as a counter to this... 
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It's a disincentive for smokers. When students have to walk off campus to light up, they'll think twice about smoking.
The only way this will be effective is with strict enforcement. There needs to be a monetary fine, not just artificial peer pressure. |
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Smoking I get and am glad for, but why chewing tobacco? As long as they aren't spitting on the ground on campus or any of the school's property, I don't see the big deal about that.
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| said by Alpha Phoenix:Smoking I get and am glad for, but why chewing tobacco? As long as they aren't spitting on the ground on campus or any of the school's property, I don't see the big deal about that.
You may have answered your own question...
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| Maybe, but not necessarily. I don't smoke or chew tobacco, so I don't know how much or often one needs to spit when chewing, but I'm assuming a garbage can would suffice.
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