Tobacco use is the No. 1 cause of preventable death and secondhand smoke kills 800 Oregonians each year.

Making your campus tobacco free will help you, your classmates and your colleagues create better futures.

Find out what type of policy is in place at the Oregon community college near you.

Students:

  • Find out what’s happening on your campus and how you can get involved in the tobacco-free movement.
  • Tell your student government, your dean of students, and/or your college president that you want a tobacco-free campus.
  • If your campus has a newspaper, suggest an article on this topic or write a letter to the editor expressing your opinion.
  • Join your local tobacco-free coalition or start a new one on your campus.
  • Talk to your friends about the issue, and encourage them to speak out.
  • Submit your story about your concerns about tobacco and secondhand smoke on campus.

Faculty and staff:

  • Communicate your concerns, including health effects from secondhand smoke, to your supervisor, human resources director, dean of instruction, president and/or other appropriate leaders at your college.
  • If you are a member of a faculty or classified employee union, you may wish to inform union representatives of any harm you experience as a result of secondhand smoke exposure in your workplace.
  • Find out what’s happening on your campus and how you can get involved in the tobacco-free movement.

Visitors and the general public:

  • Let the office of the college president know you prefer a tobacco-free campus.
  • Find out what’s happening on the campus and how you can get involved in the tobacco-free movement.

For people with medical conditions affected by secondhand smoke exposure:
One in five students in a 2007 Oregon survey said they’ve had some immediate health effect from secondhand smoke exposure on campus.

By submitting your story of harm from tobacco and secondhand smoke on campus, you will help us educate college leaders about this problem—making a difference for thousands of other students, faculty and staff affected by secondhand smoke on campus.