In anticipation of City College and its outreach centers becoming smoke-, tobacco- and vape-free Aug. 20, officials have created a section on the college website to offer assistance to those who want to stop smoking and will rely on community policing to enforce the new policy.
“We have created a whole section with brochures and information and phone numbers and organizations that can help people to stop smoking,” said Wendy Gomez, member of the Subcommittee of the Safety Committee and nurse at City College. “We have also improved our smoking cessation website that also now includes apps to help people stop smoking.”
Gomez also said that the committee is working out details about how to enforce the new policy.
“Enforcement is based on the code of conduct and the Los Rios regulation — it’s basically community policing,” she said. “Community policing means that enforcement of the environmental standard is the responsibility of everyone on campus.”
The committee has revised the environmental standard of community policing, Gomez said, which is now under consideration of the executive council.
The council, according to the college website, advises the president on college policies and procedures.
The draft of the standard states, “Individuals who violate the Smoke/Tobacco/Vape Free standard will likely do so be- cause they are unaware of it. Therefore, the first level of enforcement action will be to respectfully inform the individual about the standard and ask them politely to comply.”
City College implemented the environmental standard for smoking in 2014, creating six Designated Smoking Areas on campus. Those DSAs will be gone in August, so the standard has been revised and reworded to fit the new policy.
Gomez said that the draft of the re-worded standard covers smoking, vaping and tobacco use, how to approach someone violating the standard, and non-compliance and repeat offenders.
It was announced in December 2015 that City College would ban smoking and vaping in an email by former City College President Kathryn E. Jeffery.
The college is now moving forward by preparing students and faculty for the change, while American River College has already transitioned to being smoke-tobacco and vape-free as of January 2016, and Folsom Lake College will do the same Aug. 1.
“We are working on the prepare campaign, which is ‘prepare to be smoke-tobacco-vape-free at SCC,’” said Gomez. “We’ve put out the first email with that slogan.”
The email that was sent to students and faculty through their Los Rios Gmail accounts said that if students or faculty are interested in smoking/tobacco cessa- tion techniques, they can visit the health services office in Rodda-Hall North. The college smoking cessation section of the website offers programs, smartphone apps and other information about quitting.
Some students are using the smoking cessation techniques, but said they still feel the college shouldn’t remove the DSAs.
“It’s tough. I feel like we’re going to have the circumference of the school [ringed] with smokers,” said dental hygiene major Sachi Tibbets. “I don’t think it’s going to be effective as they hope it’s going to be. There’s going to be more litter on campus — more cigarette butts.”
“I don’t like it,” said smoker and undecided major Jacquelyn Millett. “School is stressful, and this is my peace of mind to collect my thoughts. I will think of ways to smoke outside of campus. I have to waste my time to smoke outside of campus.”
“I think it’s good that it’s going smoke-free,” said communications major Tristan Rogers. “It’s gonna suck for those who are addicted [to smoking].”
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