Michigan State U. to Ban Tobacco Use on Campus
It’s funny when colleges ban tobacco, as if no one on campus is smoking Marijuana.
The Detroit Free Press reports.
At Michigan State University, tobacco prohibition nears
Three Marlboro black cigarettes.
That’s enough to get Nicole Cichon, a second-year veterinary medicine student at Michigan State University, through a day of classes.
In previous semesters, Cichon could find 10 minutes between classes to get her nicotine fix. When MSU’s ban of tobacco products takes effect Aug. 15, getting that same fix will require a mile-long round-trip walk.
Cichon says she won’t have time. On campus, she’ll have to do without.
“I’m planning to quit later this summer,” she said, “but I don’t like (MSU) dictating the time frame.”
MSU’s ban includes the entire spectrum of tobacco products; from cigarettes and chewable tobacco to vaporizers, E-cigarettes and hookahs. It prohibits tobacco use in buildings, on the lawns and sidewalks, even in personal vehicles on MSU property.
“The university is not saying (tobacco users) have to quit,” Jason Cody , MSU’s spokesman said. “But they’ll have to make arrangements.”
Particularly since, at 5,200 acres, MSU has one of the largest campuses in the nation. In the Big Ten, only Penn State is larger.
At Michigan State University, tobacco prohibition nears (Detroit Free Press)
Comments
I’m a little confused on how they can legally ban a legal product in private vehicles.
They can’t. There’s a similar ban at U of Michigan, and it isn’t enforced (i.e., the police will not stop anybody from smoking outside of a building). It’s purely psychological (for now).
They do know if black students can’t smoke Kools when they want that the rule is racist, right?