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Students for a Smoke Free Campus: 

Students for a Smoke Free Campus Second Hand Smoke Presentation

Mission: 

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

What is Second Hand Smoke?: 

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

The Cigarette: 

The Cigarette

New Findings from the Surgeon General’s Report, 2006: 

New Findings from the Surgeon General’s 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.

6 Major Conclusions from the Surgeon General’s Report: 

6 Major Conclusions from the Surgeon General’s 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.

Continued…: 

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

What is being done to combat Secondhand Smoke?: 

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.

Smoke-free Campuses: 

Smoke-free Campuses OHSU Med School San Francisco State University University of California at San Francisco Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana University, Indianapolis University of Mississippi SUNY Upstate Medical College Oklahoma State University-Stillwater University of Wisconsin at Baraboo/Sauk County University of Arkansas at Fort Smith University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis University of Wisconsin at Baraboo/Sauk Indiana University East Campus Des Moines University Minot State University Austin Peay State University Brigham Young University University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee University of Iowa Health Sciences Policy change and effective dates: University of North Dakota - tobacco free (enrollment 13,000) October 2007 University of Minnesota Duluth May 2008 Minnesota State University Moorhead January 2008 Oklahoma State University (enrollment 21,000) July 2008 University of Arkansas- tobacco free July 2008 TO DATE Oct 2007: 94 smoke-free campuses.

Why Go Smoke Free?: 

Why Go Smoke Free? Second-hand tobacco smoke kills and causes serious illnesses. 100% smoke-free environments fully protect workers and the public from the serious harmful effects of tobacco smoke. The right to clean air, free from tobacco smoke, is a human right. Most people in the world are non-smokers and have a right not to be exposed to other people's smoke. Surveys show that smoking bans are widely supported by both smokers and non-smokers.

Why Go Smoke Free?: 

Why Go Smoke Free? Smoke-free environments are good for business, as families with children, most non-smokers and even smokers often prefer to go to smoke-free places. Smoke-free environments provide the many smokers who want to quit with a strong incentive to cut down or stop smoking altogether. Smoke-free environments help prevent people – especially the young – from starting to smoke. Smoke-free environments cost little and they work http://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/events/wntd/2007/smoke_free/en/index.html

Campus Concerns about Second- Hand Smoke:: 

Campus Concerns about Second- Hand Smoke: Asthma, or other sensitivities to smoke

Campus Concerns..: 

Campus Concerns.. Litter; cigarette butts make up a majority of campus litter, and takes years to biodegrade. UO facilities estimated that it costs 8,000 to 10,000 per year or a minimum of 200 hours to clean up cigarette butts and an additional 800 a year to empty out the smoker's posts.

Campus Concerns…: 

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.

Campus Concerns: 

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?

Campus Concerns…: 

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)

Benefits to a Smoke Free Campus: 

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

2007 UO Student Survey Results: 

2007 UO Student Survey Results 62% of students surveyed said they have never smoked. 81% of students either do not smoke or have not smoked in the last 30 days. 4.4% of students report being daily smokers. 69% of students reported they were bothered by second hand smoke on UO campus. 86% agree or strongly agree that the right to breathe clean air should take precedence over the right to smoke.

Faculty/Staff Survey Results: 

Faculty/Staff Survey Results 63% somewhat or very concerned 90% somewhat or strongly agree

2007 Faculty /Staff Survey Results: 

2007 Faculty /Staff Survey Results 72% Somewhat or Highly Support a Smoke Free Campus.

Not so Extreme!! : 

Not so Extreme!! Changes that have been made over the last 20 years: - Smoke Free Flights/Planes in US - Smoke free indoor work places - Indoor smoke free Res Halls - Many countries have gone smoke free in work places, bars, restaurants including but not exclusive to: Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, Norway; England and France 2007-2008. - Beaches, parks and whole cities have gone smoke free in California. - Workplaces are going smoke free on all their grounds (indoor and outdoor) example: Sacred Heart Medical Center. In the last few years 16 states have now gone totally smoke free in bars, restaurants and other workplaces. Oregon January 1, 2009 (last to go on west coast).

How you can become involved: 

How you can become involved Sign a pledge, giving your support to Students for a Smoke Free Campus. Come to our 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.

For More Information…: 

For More Information… Students for a Smoke Free Campus (SSC) http://healthed.uoregon.edu/ Sign up on our SSC facebook page. Contact Ramah Leith 346-0562 rleith@uoregon.edu Contact Paula Staight 346-2728 pstaight@uoregon.edu

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Smoking cessation packets. Pharmacy equipped with gum, patches and prescription medication. Advice and tips on quitting. Physicians for smoking evaluations and prescriptions. Counseling center for addiction therapy. Quitting Resources at the Health Center