Editorial: Enforce our current smoking policy
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 campus smoking rules and the paper’s editorial recommendations.
- The News-Letter reported that the SGA had debated supporting a campus-wide smoking ban for three weeks, while the current policy requires smokers to stay 25 feet from certain buildings but was not strictly enforced.
- The paper reported that Jackie Ferguson’s survey found nicotine in 87.5 percent of the dorm rooms studied in AMR I and II, with the library’s C- and D-levels most polluted.
- The article says the Editorial Board urged the University to enforce the 25-foot rule, move ashtrays away from buildings and protect smokers’ right to smoke.
- The reporter writes that the University and SGA could promote the dangers of smoking and work with CHEW to offer help such as subsidized nicotine patches.
- The article adds that similar recommendations in April 2015 had produced no change and says the Editorial Board urged the University to consider both sides in future decisions.