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Tobacco Free Campus

To protect the health and safety of UT Southern students, employees, and visitors; to promote a healthy and safe work, educational, and living environment; and to comply with the Tennessee Non-Smoker Protection Act and other applicable state laws, UT Southern is a Smoke-Free Campus effective January 1, 2016.

For the purposes of this policy, tobacco is defined to include any lighted or unlighted cigarette (clove, bidis, kreteks), e-cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, pipes and hookah products; and any other smoking product; along with any smokeless, spit or spit-less, dissolvable, or inhaled tobacco products, including but not limited to dip, chew, snuff or snus, in any form (orbs, sticks, strips, pellet, etc.).

It is the responsibility of University faculty, staff, student, visitor or contractor to voluntarily comply with the no smoking policy. Violation of this policy may be regarded as a willful safety violation. If someone is non-compliant, the supervisor (or other authority) has a responsibility to speak with person(s) and encourage compliance. Each member of the University community will be responsible for respectfully informing or reminding others of the smoke-free environment if coming upon someone smoking. Effective approaches for talking with individuals who smoke must be employed with respect. Please consult with Student Affairs or Human Resources should you need further assistance in addressing compliance.