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For more information, please contact [email protected]. - , , " ' I'" March 9, 1993 VOLUME XVI ISSUE 3 '•• IN5IDE,: Secondhand Smoke and U.S. Campuses Karen Neustadt of passive smoke," Henley At Iowa State University, College Press Service noted. in Ames,Iowa, beginn ing A grim report on second­ Sin ce the EPA repor t, first July L smokin g will be hand smoke by th e Envi­ lady Hillary Rodham banned in all un iversity ronmental Protection Clinton has declared the buildings with on ly a few Agen cy has armed non­ White House smoke-free exception s. smoking students, faculty for the first time in h is­ Private rooms at the uni­ and administrators with tory, and corporations versity will not be cov­ new information to fight such as McDonalds and ered in the ban, although for smoke-free campuses, Chuck E. Cheese are ex­ residence halls will try a growing trend at U.S . perimenting with smoke­ to phase outsmoking colleges and universities . free restaurants. completely over the next The EPA report, titled Smoking was banned March five years. But smoking "The Respiratory Health 1 in nearly all California will not be allowed in the Effects of Passive Smoking: state buildings under an Iowa State Center at uni­ Lung Cancer and Other order signed by Gov. Pete versity sponsored events, Diseases," h as confirmed Wilson ,who urged the including basketball what the medical profes­ judicial and legislative "games. sion has long suspected ­ branches and the Univer­ At the University of that breathing secondhand sity of California system, North Alabama in flo­ smoke can be as deadly as which aren 't covered by rence, Ala., as a result of lighting up. the order, to do the same the EPA report, a resolu­ "It's very alarming," said thing. tion was passed by the Timothy Hensley, spokes­ "Colleges should be in the faculty senate on Jan. 21 man for the Office on lead, because smoking is calling for a campus wide Smoking and Health at the lowest in areas where ban on tobacco in univer­ Centers for Disease Con­ education is the highest," sity facilities, and the said John Banzhaf, execu­ elimination of its sale trol and Prevention in Classilieds 9 Atlanta. "The report pro­ tive director of the Wash­ anywhere on the campus. vides ammunition for stu­ ington-based Action on at George Washington dents and administrators Smoking and Health and a University in Washin g­ to strive for smoke-free professor oflaw at George ton, D. C., a lar ge area in regulations in educational Washington University in the cafeteria thatwas settings to protect the Washington . designated for smokin g non-smoker from h azard­ "People form attitudes at was just made smoke­ ous exposure to second­ the colle ge level." he said. free, and smoking on hand,which can lead to "Ten or 15 years ago. they campus h as been severely lung cancer." picked up th e habit of restr icted to designated Among th e EPA's fin din gs: smoking in college; now areas. A restriction on oSecondhand smoke is th ey are picking up the smoking in lobbies was responsible for 3,000 lun g habit of n ot smoking." recently mandated be­ cancer deathsannually Banzhaf counsels campus cause people at informa­ among adults in the United anti-smoking activists to tion desks would be ex­ States, and is associated go all th e way to the presi­ posed to passiv e smoke. with an increase in ail­ dent of th e college or uni­ After 18 months of in­ ments of the lower respi­ versity with their de­ tense discussion and ratory tract. such as bron­ mands. debate, the University of ch itis and pneumonia. "Tell him,'You wouldn't Wisconsin, Green Bay, oFr om 15,000 to 30,000 put us in a building with decided to go completely cases of respiratory ail­ asbestos, '" he said. "Tell smoke-free lastyear. ments in infants and himwe know passive There is no smoking al- " young children up to 18 smoke is a class A car­ lowed in any buildin g months can be attributed cmogen. anywhere on the campus. to secondhand smoke . While many campuses have Hadthe change not been oSecondhand smoke been cracking down on mandated last year, the causes an increased sever­ smoking for the past sev­ EPA report would have ity of symptoms in chil­ eral years, administrators decided th e issue th is dren with asthma.The say the EPA report will year, a school official report estimates that most likely expedite even said. 200,000 to 1 million chil­ stricter policies than had "Of course there are dren annually get sicker .'existed before. Many col­ those who are not happy because ofexposure to ~ eges ban smoking entirely with that decision." said secondhand smoke. 10 classroom and adminis­ RonRonnenberg,finan­ "Only about 25 percent of tration buildings. While cial aid director. Americans are smokers. so smoking and non-smoking According to the U.S . it is the majority of rooms have been desig­ Department of Health and Americanswho are victims nated in residence halls. (continued on page five) 2 The Messenger Editorial/Letters March 9, 1993 A letter from the editor To the readers: This is the last issue of the paper before Spring Break, so I would like to take this moment to wish everyone a safe and happy break. When the first issue after the break comes out, you'll notice somechanges. IhavegivenKeithCurtis thepositionofGraphics Editor, and he's working on the overall image of the paper. He did alot of work on this one, so I'd like to say "thanks". Also, we wil start delivering the paper to your doors and faculty mailboxes. We hope this will increase the visibility of The Messenger and get more people interactively involved. 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The water ap­ we'reon the subject pleasure of finding time to close, the always reject the peared to be com­ of architecture, it's out that it is impos- lights go off first option for at ing from the ceiling. a big mistake to sible to control the whether everyone least three reasons: S 0 m e And if the (outer) build the next dorm VCRs yourself-if is off their comput­ 1) no one can afford witha wood frame, thoughts on things stair halls in this you happen to be a ers or not. They are it, 2) no one wants here that need im­ building were any as mentioned in the happy library pa- controlled at physi­ to stay here longer, proving.