SGA invites input on smoking ban resolution
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 reports on debate over a possible campus-wide smoking ban and the delay in voting on it.
- The News-Letter reported that the SGA had passed a resolution on smoking-cessation resources and then debated a campus-wide smoking ban at its weekly meeting, followed by a public input session.
- The paper reported that voting on the ban was postponed indefinitely while the SGA collects community input and statistics from students, staff, faculty and contract workers.
- The article says Erin Yun reported that a University survey found support for going smoke-free, but that Homewood graduate students were not in favor.
- The reporter writes that the University was still seeking a vendor for cessation resources, while Senior Class President Kwame Alston said a university-wide program would be costly.
- The article adds that Executive Secretary Rushabh Doshi planned a school-wide survey, and that further decisions would wait for its results.
- The News-Letter reported that public participants urged the SGA to consult contract workers’ unions and consider designated smoking areas without direct enforcement.