Should Hopkins become a smoke-free campus?
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers debate over a proposed smoke-free campus and the Student Government Association’s revised bill.
- The News-Letter reported that last spring the SGA failed to pass a resolution targeting a smoke-free campus by August 2018; the revised bill split the issue, with its smoking-cessation section passing 16-4 and its ban section set for discussion the following week.
- The paper reported that the approved section calls for nicotine patches, stress-reduction activities and a counseling helpline; Executive Secretary Rushabh Doshi said the split was meant to support all affected groups.
- The article says Deputy to the Vice Provost Erin Yun reported that the cessation program would be available to students, staff, faculty and family members living with them.
- The reporter writes that Hopkins Kicks Butts was not working with the SGA proposal, while representative Julia Greenspan said the group would later seek a tobacco-free campus covering products such as dip and vapes.
- The article says junior George Goodfriend opposed the ban as an intrusion on personal liberty and said adults on campus should make their own decisions.
- The article adds that discussion would continue at the SGA’s Tuesday meetings in Charles Commons, which were open to students.