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Student leader wants to help puffers kick habit
Jump to full article: The World (Coos Bay, OR), 2009-10-29
Author: Jessica Musicar, Staff Writer
Intro: COOS BAY -- Smokers on Southwestern Oregon Community College's campuses may have nowhere to light up come fall 2011, if the college's board of education agrees with student recommendations.
Following a smoke-free survey provided online from Sept. 24 through Oct. 5, Associated Student Government President Cody Carlson is suggesting the school ban tobacco use by the 2011 fall term and that right now Southwestern require smokers to stay 30 feet from doors, windows and vents by 2010. State law requires a 10-foot separation. He also recommended the college offer a program to help people quit smoking and that campus security fine rule breakers.
"The survey takers were very for that," Carlson said.
Nearly 500 students, faculty, staff and community members responded to the survey, about 92 percent from the Coos Bay campus.
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