Approved by President’s Cabinet 9/23/14
Revisions Adopted by President’s Cabinet 7/26/17; 12/12/23
East Georgia State College has a responsibility to its employees, students 和游客 to provide a safe and healthy environment. Research findings show that tobacco use in general, including smoking, breathing second hand smoke, and “spit” tobacco, constitute a significant health hazard. In addition to causing a direct health hazard, tobacco use contributes to institutional costs in other ways, including fire damage, cleaning and maintenance costs, and costs associated with absenteeism, health care and medical 保险. Because of the deleterious effects of tobacco use, EGSC has committed to a tobacco-free environment for all persons.
In accordance with the Georgia Smoke Free Air Act of 2005, Title 31 Chapter 12A, this policy reinforces the EGSC commitment to provide a safe and amicable workplace for 所有员工. The goal of the policy is to preserve and improve the health, comfort and environment of students, employees and any persons occupying our campuses.
The use of all tobacco products is prohibited on any property owned, leased, or controlled by East Georgia State College. For the purpose of this policy, tobacco products are defined as any product derived from tobacco, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, electronic cigarette devices. 这 definition includes smoking devices which create an aerosol or vapor or the use of any oral smoking device for the purpose of circumventing the prohibition of smoking 在本保单中.
Further, this policy prohibits any advertising, sale, or free sampling of tobacco products on EGSC properties unless specifically stated for research purposes. 这 prohibition includes but is not limited to all areas indoors and outdoors, buildings and parking lots owned, leased, rented or otherwise used by the EGSC or its affiliates. The use of tobacco products is prohibited in all vehicles – private or public vehicles - located on EGSC properties.
这 policy applies to all persons who enter the areas described above, including but not limited to students, faculty, staff, contractors and subcontractors, spectators, 和游客. 所有事件 hosted by an EGSC entity shall be tobacco-free. 所有事件 hosted by outside groups on behalf of the EGSC shall also be tobacco-free. 监控 and enforcement of the tobacco free campus policy is the responsibility of all faculty, 教职员和学生. Each person should consistently and politely bring any infraction of the policy to the attention of the person or persons observed violating the policy. Violation of this policy may result in corrective action under the Student Code of Conduct or campus human resource policies. Visitors refusing to comply may be asked 离开校园.
Signage will be prominently placed on campus as reminder of the policy.
Additional information and smoking cessation programs are available through several 来源:
