How do I make my campus tobacco-free?
"Making Your College Campus Tobacco-Free: A Guide for College Leaders" will help you develop, communicate, implement, enforce and promote your policy. Download a PDF of this booklet.
Presented on this page are additional details and sample procedures and materials from other colleges.
EXAMPLE OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR TOBACCO-FREE CAMPUS POLICY
Smoking on Campus: A Review and Recommendation (Clackamas CC, 6/10/09 Draft)
SAMPLE TOBACCO-FREE POLICY
TIPS FOR COMMUNICATING AND ENFORCING YOUR TOBACCO-FREE POLICY
(This page will be updated with sample materials from Oregon colleges as they are developed.)
1. Develop training and peer enforcement/communication protocols.
- Training tools: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
- PCC Tobacco-Free Guides for: Students ▪ Employees ▪ Managers
2. Develop procedures for enforcement by public safety, if applicable.
- Tobacco-Free Policy, Rules & Procedures (Portland Community College)
3. Form an implementation team.
- Implementation committee structure: OHSU
4. Communicate your new tobacco-free campus policy.
- News Release: Portland Community College ▪ Mt. Hood Community College
- Examples of Tobacco-Free Campus websites: Portland Community College ▪ OHSU ▪ Indiana University ▪ Grand Rapids Community College
- General presentation about new policy: Portland Community College
- Communications to managers and employees: OHSU
- FAQ: OHSU ▪ Portland Community College
5. Include the policy in publications, contracts, and on the website.
- Sample statement for publications and correspondence: OHSU
6. Post tobacco-free campus signs and decals.
7. Remove all ashtrays and smoking shelters (if applicable) from campus.
- Convert smoking shelter into a covered bicycle rack: CDC
8. Create policy reminder cards.
9. Promote the campus as tobacco-free in marketing materials.
10. Include smoking cessation resources in all communications about the policy.
- Help to Quit (Resources, materials, and activities)
- Tobacco-Free Resources (Portland Community College)
- Website on tobacco dependence, quitting methods, and medications to quit or manage cravings while on campus: OHSU