{"id":32994,"date":"2019-01-10T02:01:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T07:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=32994"},"modified":"2019-01-11T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T16:55:07","slug":"skidmore-college-is-now-smokeless-on-all-of-its-properties-including-outdoor-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/01\/skidmore-college-is-now-smokeless-on-all-of-its-properties-including-outdoor-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Skidmore College Is Now Smokeless On All Of Its Properties, Including Outdoor Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Skidmore College became a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus on Jan. 1. Smoking and tobacco use \u2014including the use of all e-cigarettes and vaping device \u2014is prohibited throughout all of the college property, including outdoor areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe smoke-free and tobacco-free policy promotes a culture of wellness and provides the community with a healthy, respectful working and learning environment by limiting the potential exposure of students, faculty, staff and visitors to the effects of secondhand smoke and by reducing the risk of fires,\u201d said Cerri Banks, dean of students and vice president for student affairs. \u201cIn addition, the policy is in alignment with the college\u2019s strategic goals which support health and wellness initiatives throughout our campus community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe included e-cigarettes and vaping devices in the policy because nicotine in any form is highly addictive,\u201d Banks said. \u201cOur health and wellness staff are trained to advise those who are interested in breaking the dependency on nicotine products.\u201d<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Officials said to implement the new policy, Skidmore partnered with the Living Tobacco-Free Initiative, a program of the Health Promotion Center of Glens Falls Hospital that encourages community members to work together to fix the major health and economic implications of tobacco use by establishing social norms that support tobacco-free policies, assisting tobacco users to quit and preventing initiation of tobacco use. The program provided Skidmore with resources, as well as examples and information about planning, implementing and sustaining a tobacco-free campus policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe are extremely impressed with how dedicated, thoughtful and thorough Skidmore has been through this whole process and are thankful to be a part of this initiative,\u201d said Brandi Bishop, program coordinator for the Living Tobacco-Free Initiative at the Health Promotion Center of Glens Falls Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMaking this change and commitment to health makes a valuable statement about the College\u2019s sense of duty to its students, faculty and staff,\u201d said Wendy Walker, a registered nurse and prevention specialist in health promotion at Skidmore. \u201cWhile Skidmore is constantly challenging students, faculty and staff to learn, grow and thrive, it\u2019s important to recognize that this value extends beyond intellectual wellness to our physical and psychological well-being.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The college will host a campus-wide smoke-free launch event on Jan. 28, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the second floor of Case Center. Banks will make remarks and representatives from Health Services and Peer Health Educators will be on hand to offer smoking cessation resources. There will also be music, refreshments, goodie bags, prizes, giveaways and raffles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The number of U.S. college and university campuses that are smoke-free or tobacco-free more than doubled between 2012 and 2017, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Nonsmokers\u2019 Rights Foundation (ANRF). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to ANRF\u2019s data as of Oct. 1, there are at least 2,279 totally smoke-free campus sites. Of those, 1,910 are 100 percent tobacco-free, 1,886 also prohibit e-cigarette use, 960 also prohibit hookah use, and 386 also prohibit smoking\/vaping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Founded in 1903, Skidmore College as about 2,500 students from 44 states and 67 countries and a faculty of 300.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skidmore College became a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus on Jan. 1. Smoking and tobacco use \u2014including the use of all e-cigarettes and vaping device \u2014is prohibited throughout all of the college property, including outdoor areas. \u201cThe smoke-free and tobacco-free policy promotes a culture of wellness and provides the community with a healthy, respectful working and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-fitness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Skidmore College Is Now Smokeless On All Of Its Properties, Including Outdoor Areas - Saratoga Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/01\/skidmore-college-is-now-smokeless-on-all-of-its-properties-including-outdoor-areas\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Skidmore College Is Now Smokeless On All Of Its Properties, Including Outdoor Areas - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Skidmore College became a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus on Jan. 1. 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