DRAFT 1- ASHLEY MILLER
On August 1, 2011, Texas State University implemented a plan to create a tobacco free campus, both the San Marcos and Round Rock campus.
The ban applies to all tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and smokeless tobacco. The ban also applies to all persons on Texas State University property, such as faculty, staff, students, employees of contractors and subcontractors and visitors.
The ban has been in place for 6 month, however not everyone has been following the policy.
Students feel that the smoking ban isn’t being followed because it is not being enforced.
“I feel like the smoking ban really pushes smokers into corners, literally, and makes us have to hide,” said Colin Sutton, a geography major at Texas State, “Some people choose not to hide it, but only because they haven't been approached by authority yet.”
The tobacco ban is to be enforced within all university property, including buildings and vehicles, outdoor grounds such as athletic and recreational fields and the golf course, parking garages and lots, Sewell Park, University Camp, Freeman Ranch, and even outdoor stadia and grandstands for athletic and recreational fields.
All around campus students can be found in various hiding spots, as mentioned by Sutton. The various hiding spots include the memorial garden between Flowers Hall and Old Main, behind the Alkek Teaching Theatre, as well as between the Psychology building and Centennial Hall.
“It makes me feel ashamed,” said 4.0 student Tiffany Rainey, a student who smokes on campus.
Many students, smokers and nonsmokers alike, agree that the ban is not going to stop anyone from smoking.
"I think there should be an area where people can go if they want to smoke,” said James DeRoulac, member of the Texas State Air Force ROTC.
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