Jump to full article: St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, 2009-04-20
Author: Kavita Kumar ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Intro: Whether or not they like it, both students admit that the policy has forced them to cut back -- even if just a little -- on their smoking habits.
While attempts to ban smoking in public spaces around the St. Louis area have been met with considerable resistance, a number of colleges have begun to quietly adopt tobacco-free policies on their campuses -- outdoor spaces and all. St. Charles Community College has had its policy on the books since January 2007.
Earlier this week, Washington University announced that it would go smoke- and tobacco-free by July 2010. St. Louis Community College's Wildwood campus has banned smoking since it opened in 2007. The college's Meramec campus will follow suit this fall. And officials at the University of Missouri-Columbia say it will do the same in 2014.
Nationwide, more than 130 college campuses have gone completely tobacco-free. More people have begun to take notice of the movement since last summer, when the University of Arkansas -- the first major flagship university to do so -- banned tobacco use on its campus.
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