Friday, November 16, 2012

SGA meeting discusses the Smoke Free policy



Tonight at the Student Government Association meeting one of the topics discussed was the progress of the smoking ban at Frostburg State University. A slide show presentation of the progress and future plans was announced by April Baer of the Brady Health Center.  After the presentation, concerns of both smokers and non-smokers were addressed.

One of the biggest concerns addressed among attendees was the apparent lack of enforcement against smokers.  Although the ban has been made into policy, there are plenty of student senators that don’t think that the campus police have been imposing the regulations. April Baer says that the main goal was not to over burden the people in charge with keeping students safe by putting on the obligation of issuing citations for minor infractions.

The smokers had asked about designated smoking areas, but Mrs. Baer considered this taking “a step back.” The primary concern is that the school has focused so much on a Smoke-Free condition, that allowing smoking anywhere on the campus would be an act of hypocrisy.  As of now, the focus will remain on removing smoking, and eventually all forms of tobacco at FSU.

As of now, if you are looking for a place to smoke, you’re going to have to go 25 feet outside of the Frostburg Campus. Whether you agree with it or not, this is the policy that is taking place right now. Though it shouldn’t be too major of a conflict, since only about 4% of FSU students are smokers anyway. For now, the other 96% of students will just have to avoid them at all cost.

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