Thursday, Nov. 19 is the 40th annual Great American Smokeout, which was started by the California chapter of the American Cancer Society. The Great American Smokeout is an important time to be mindful that tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. and that new tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes and vaping […]
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Submission: UCLA community should sustain tobacco-free environment
Thursday is the 39th annual Great American Smokeout, when tobacco users nationally are encouraged to quit. It is also very close to the first anniversary of the University of California’s full implementation of its tobacco-free policy. UCLA was the first University of California campus to fully adopt a policy that creates a smoke- and tobacco-free […]
Submission: Smoking on campus an ongoing issue a year after tobacco-free policy
Today marks the one-year anniversary of UCLA going tobacco-free. UCLA joined more than 1,000 other colleges and universities that have adopted clean air policies, well ahead of the University of California Office of the President requirement that all of the University of California campuses be tobacco-free by Jan. 1, 2014. This anniversary gives us an […]