Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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No way. Smoking areas, yes. Completely non smoking? No.
ReplyDeletei would love to see a tobacco free campus. not only would it make the air smell better outside of every building but we would eliminate all the smokers litter
ReplyDeleteI think tabacco free is a great idea. Every time I walk outside there is a huge group of smokers outside the door and I hate it. The elevators also smell like smoke most of the time. It would be nice to not have to worry about it.
ReplyDeleteI think smoke free would be fantastic! It betters the health of everyone; especially if the smokers get one or two less a day. Smoking areas would be ok but would people stay in those areas? There is already a 25 foot rule and no one follows it. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteIt would be so bad if the disgusting smokers did not smoke right outside of doors. Beside smoking is just trashy. I want a smoke-free campus. Let them kill themselves in their own homes.
ReplyDeleteI'm an ex-smoker and I don't think I'm better than smokers by any means. I do however realize now how awful it smells and how sick it makes people to smell it. I also realize the selfish attitude I had before of "if you don't like it too bad." This is the same attitude I see around campus as I walk past a smoker whose smoke blows in my face and my childs face when he is on campus with me. It's disgusting and just makes for an unhealthy environment for everyone. As one person said earlier, smoking areas would be fine if people would stay in them. If you are going to have a rule (like the current 25ft. rule) MSU needs to make sure those rules are enforced. (kind of like the no riding bikes on the sidewalk that is NEVER enforced and I've almost been run down a hundred times in the last year alone)
ReplyDeleteMSU needs to ENFORCE the 25-foot rule. A law without enforcement is no more than a light suggestion. Who is going to enforce this tobacco-free campus policy anyhow? Why not create an environment of mutual smoker/non-smoker respect by putting in gazebos or more obvious designated smoking areas?
ReplyDeleteA total ban on the use of tobacco products is an infringement on the rights of individuals. It is also highly discriminatory against virtually all of the heavily-smoking international students. It is a cultural norm for many of MSU's students to smoke like chimneys. They are not going to stop; rather, they will have to haul themselves to the campus boundary to light up their cigarettes. I doubt that the local residents of Bozeman will feel comfortable with a large group of Arab men chain-smoking in front of their homes. It is situations like this that lead to hate crimes. Does MSU want to be pegged as a discriminatory institution that bans the cultural traditions of people who are supposed to be welcome in our community? I think not.
Definitely need a smoke free campus!
ReplyDeletesmoking is unhealthy...but so is staying on the couch all day, not getting enough sleep, eating fast food, going out in freezing weather...school is not a health spa. give people a chance to exercise their rights. enforcement is not only the smokers' responsibility: it's also the university's problem.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a smoker, and I think that tobacco smells bad, looks uncool, and is a costly and unnecessary risk to people's health.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I think respecting others' rights is important. I think it is okay to have and enforce a rule on keeping smoking at least 25 feet from doors, and the responsibility of smokers to follow it.
But I do not think that it is fair to ban smoking entirely on campus. If it is outside and in designated areas, those areas can be avoided by people who don't want to smell it. It would be very difficult for students who face a smoking addiction to leave campus every time they need to smoke- especially between classes.
Therefore, I would like to give smokers the same respect I would like from them, and allow them places to smoke on campus.
There really is no right answer to this dilemma, I hate to smell the smoke but I also recognize the right of people to smoke at a public University. That said, why not give the students in architecture something to work on? A design for small small open air structures that move the smoke up and out instead of hovering where everyone walks? Just a thought towards compromise instead of discrimination.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with those who vote for compromise. I am a smoker and an employee...this affects us too...and I try to respect other peoples rights. I stay away from doors and open windows, make sure my cig is totally out and put it in the trash (not on the ground), and try to stay down wind of anyone in the area. Many times I have had people deliberately walk into my smoke and then keep moving into it when I try not to blow it in there direction...trying to force me to put it out. Talk about inconsiderate! I don't like smoke being blown in my face either but if you put yourself in it so you have something to complain about...NMP. I definitely agree with the person who said give the architecture students a project and also with the one who said the rule about 25' needs to be enforced. The whole issue is another one of those areas where most think their way is the only way (on both sides) and no one wins in the end...it just creates more anymosity and mistrust. I am not trash or a lesser person because I smoke. Smoking is an addiction like any other (food, exercise, alcohol, not being able to live without your cell phone,etc,etc,etc.). Some believe it's as addictive as cocaine...something I didn't know when I started smoking in high school. I show the people around me consideration and respect which is more than I can say for some of the folks I deal with regularly...including students, staff, and the public. A complete ban IMO is unrealistic but I think more appealing places for smokers to get out of the weather (we do live in Montana afterall) and away from the nonsmokers would be a much better way to respect everyone's rights.
ReplyDeleteI do occasionally partake in smoking outside my dorm after long hours in the library, that said, the number of smoking areas should be brought to a very minimal number. North, South, and Roski should all share one smoking area. I am a surfer from california and you would be disgusted when you are 100 yards out in the ocean and cigarrette butts are floating past. The littering it is causing on campus seriously needs to be dealt with.
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