RESOLUTION ON
A POLICY PROHIBITING SMOKING NEAR BUILDING
ENTRANCEWAYS
AT THE
Whereas, multiple
major reviews of evidence have concluded that secondhand smoke causes adverse
effects, particularly to the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and on the
health of those exposed; and
Whereas, the Divisions of Academic Affairs and Student
Affairs have been working together since the fall of 2005 through a working
group regarding tobacco education and student health; and
Whereas, the Tobacco
Education Strategic Health Team is aware of a variety of concerns which relate
to smoking around the entrance sites to campus buildings; and
Whereas, the Team has
studied the recent report from the U.S. Surgeon General on The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke;
and
Whereas, it is the
position of the Tobacco Education Strategic Health Team that The University of
Alabama needs to take additional actions to protect students, faculty and staff
from exposure to secondhand smoke by eliminating smoking from building
entranceways on the campus;
Therefore, be it resolved by the Faculty Senate of The
University of Alabama that The University is encouraged to adopt the Team’s
recommended policy that smoking be prohibited from any area within thirty feet
of the entranceway to any University building.
Adopted by the Faculty Senate
November 21, 2006