Passage 3 College Campus Smoking Bans Have Some Sayings“Lighten Up” 065
美國學(xué)校中的“禁煙”運(yùn)動(dòng) 《時(shí)代周刊》2009-12-14
[00:01]At many colleges, smokers are being run not just out of school buildings
[00:06]but off the premises. On Nov. 19, the University of Kentucky,
[00:12]the tobacco state's flagship public institution,
[00:16]launched a campuswide ban on cigarettes and all other forms of tobacco
[00:21]on school grounds and parking areas. Pro-nicotine students staged a "smoke-out"
[00:29]to protest the new policy, which even rules out smoking inside cars
[00:36]if they're on school property.
[00:39]Kentucky joins more than 365 U.S. colleges and universities
[00:45]that in recent years have instituted antismoking rules both indoors and out.
[00:53]In most places, the issue doesn't seem to be secondhand smoke. Rather,
[00:59]the rationale for going smoke-free in wide open spaces
[01:05]is a desire to model healthy behavior.
[01:09]Measures like creating smoke-free buffer zones--
[01:12]so people don't have to walk through a cloud of smoke to get into
[01:17]and out of school buildings--have had limited success.
[01:22]An all-out campus ban, says Stearns, removes the need for guesstimating.
[01:29]The university is considering such a rule,
[01:32]which could take effect as early as fall 2011.
[01:38]Purdue University recently considered adopting a campuswide ban
[01:44]but tempered its proposal after receiving campus input.
[01:49]Smoking will now be restricted to limited outdoor areas.
[01:54]One big problem with a total ban is enforcing it.
[02:00]Take the University of Iowa. In July 2008,
[02:04]the school went smoke-free in accordance with the Iowa Smokefree Air Act,
[02:11]violations of which can result in a $50 fine. But so far,
[02:18]the university has ticketed only about 25 offenders. Instead,
[02:25]the school helps those trying to kick the habit
[02:29]by offering smoking-cessation programs and providing reimbursement
[02:34]for nicotine patches, gum and prescription medications like Zyban.
[02:40]The University of Michigan will probably take a similar approach
[02:45]when its ban takes effect in July 2011.
[02:50]"We don't have a desire to give tickets or levy punishments,"
[02:54]says Robert Winfield, the school's chief health officer.
[02:59]"We want to encourage people to stop smoking,
[03:03]set a good example for students and make this a healthier community."
[03:08]Naturally, there has been pushback from students.
[03:12]"Where do we draw the line between a culture of health
[03:16]and individual choice?" asks Jonathan Slemrod,
[03:20]a University of Michigan senior
[03:22]and president of the school's College Libertarians.
[03:26]"If they truly want a culture of health,
[03:29]I expect them to go through all our cafeterias
[03:33]and get rid of all our Taco Bells, all our pizza places.
[03:39]" Students might want to enjoy those Burrito Supremes
[03:42]while they can. In today's health-obsessed culture, those may be next.
