Smoke-Free Policy
Designated Smoking Areas
During summer 2010, the Board of Trustees made a small but significant change to the District’s No-Smoking Policy by replacing the words “parking lots” with “designated areas.”
The policy now reads: “In order to provide a safe learning and working environment for students and employees, smoking is prohibited in all indoor and outdoor campus locations, with the exception of designated areas,” and “In addition, designated areas for smoking will be clearly marked.”
Smoking is permitted only in the designated areas located near the following parking lots:
- Staff Lot A
- Parking Lot B
- Flint Parking Structure
- Parking Lot E
- Staff Parking Lot F
- For exact locations, see GREEN CIRCLES on the map below and look for the RED SMOKING AREA BANNERS on campus.
Download a map of the designated smoking areas.
Are You Ready to Quit Smoking?
For help with quiting smoking, check out the Health Center's Quit Smoking Program.
Other Online Resources:
Quit Smoking for New Year's (American Lung Association, Lungusa.org)
California Smokers' Helpline (Californiasmokershelpline.org)
Re-learn Life Without Cigarettes (Becomanex.org)
Governor Brown signs AB795 (10/8/2011)
The new law provides California’s public colleges and universities with tools to enforce existing campus smoking policies.
Office of Governor Brown
American Lung Association
About the Non-Smoking Areas Policy
As the result of a November 2004 survey of all students and employees, and the work of a districtwide committee, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees approved a revised non-smoking areas policy on June 20, 2005.
In order to provide a safe learning and working environment for students and employees, smoking is prohibited in all indoor and outdoor campus locations, with the exception of designated parking lots. Read the full Non-Smoking Areas policy 3217.
(Santa Clara County Ordinance No. 625.4; City of Cupertino Ordinance No. 1647; Labor Code 6404.5; Approved 1/8/96; Amended 8/16/99, 12/2/02, 6/20/05)
Results of the Winter 2006 follow-up survey (MS Excel):
Overall results | Results by smoking status
Smoke-Free policies of other California Colleges and Universities. (new window)
From the California Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN).
Cigarette Butts Are Litter!
Please do not leave cigarette butts on the ground in the parking lots. Throw cigarette butts (and other trash) away at the nearest trash receptacle. Take pride in your campus and help keep it clean and beautiful.
Just released Surgeon General's Report:
Even a single "puff" of tobacco is harmful.
The 704-page report, the 30th surgeon general's report to address tobacco, "validates earlier findings, expands and strengthens the science base, and describes in great detail the multiple ways that tobacco smoke damages every organ in the body, resulting in disease and death."
The Washington Post, 12/10/10
Fox News Latino, 12/10/10
Bloomberg Businessweek, 12/9/10
WHO: Secondhand Smoke Kills 600,000 a Year
From the World Health Organization: More than 600,000 death per year worldwide are caused by second-hand smoke (SHS) - this is more than 1% of all deaths. 165,000 of these deaths are among children.
New York Daily News, 11/26/10
USAToday, 11/26/10
The Times of India, 11/27/10
Another Reason to Stop Smoking: Alzheimer's risk spikes with smoking
Researchers analyzed health data of 21,123 Kaiser Permanente members. They found...
Compared with non-smokers, those who had smoked two packs of cigarettes a day increased their risk of developing Alzheimer's by more than 157% and had a 172% higher risk of developing vascular dementia.
USAToday, 10/25/10
Reuters, 10/25/10
Wall Street Journal, 10/25/10
Massive Reduction in Heart Attacks Reported
New, concrete evidence shows that in areas where smoking bans are in place, incidents of heart attacks drop dramatically:
UK Guardian, 9/21/2009
WebMD, 9/21/2009
BBC News, 9/21/2009
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