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University of Maryland, Baltimore

Students Promoting Awareness (SPA)

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There are no events schedule for November 2008.

Coordinators

Amy Houtchens, Student Pharmacist, ahout001@umaryland.edu

Policy

"Consistent with state law, state regulation, the executive order of the governor of the state of Maryland and in accordance with recommendations of numerous governmental and scholarly organizations, the University of Maryland relies upon prevention of adverse health effects in its smoking policy. According to this policy, nonsmoking employees and students are discouraged to start smoking and smokers are encouraged to give up smoking. Furthermore, smoking is prohibited in University buildings.

Elements of the campus smoking policy are as follows:

  1. The smoking of tobacco products is not permitted in any campus buildings, facility, state vehicle or shuttle bus. This applies to all faculty and staff members, students, contractors, visitors, etc.
  2. Tobacco products will not be available for purchase on campus.
  3. There shall be no smoking in meetings, conferences or training sessions hosted by the University on or off campus. In order to accommodate smokers as well as nonsmokers, breaks may be requested in meetings lasting longer than one hour.
  4. All employees and students are expected to bring to the attention of contractors and visitors the smoking prohibition policy of the University. Politeness and common sense as well as the law should guide employees and students in the enforcement of this section.
  5. Potential conflicts resulting from this policy and its implementation are to be resolved by the normal channels of the University of Maryland, including the Office of Human Resource Services in conjunction with Environmental Health and Safety (EHS).
  6. The University Health and Safety Committee serves as the campus smoking policy implementation committee and is responsible for developing policies and for guiding EHS and other University offices in the implementation of the smoking policies and appropriate educational activities.
  7. Anyone found in violation of this policy should be advised to cease smoking immediately and, if noncompliant, shall be subject to the state law. In addition, an employee or student found to be in noncompliance shall be subject to administrative and/or disciplinary action."

(Approved by the President, effective September 1986; revised May 1995; revised January 1999)

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