TOBACCO-FREE AND SMOKE-FREE CAMPUS | SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

FACT SHEET

SUMMARY: Syracuse University became a - EXCEPTIONS: The Carrier Dome, Sheraton, Drumlins free and smoke-free campus on July 1, 2015. The and Syracuse Stage will remain smoke-free inside; tobacco-free and smoke-free policy prohibits the use outside spaces will be exempt from the policy through of any tobacco product or any products that simulate July 2017. The phased exemption for the Carrier tobacco on properties owned or leased by Dome will extend to event attendees in parking lots Syracuse University located in the United States. The and in transit to and from the Dome. primary goal of this policy is to protect the overall health and well-being of the Syracuse University community.

Prohibited tobacco-related items • Blunts • E- • Smokeless tobacco • Chewing tobacco • Hookah • Snuff • Cigarettes • Queen’s tobacco-pipe • • Cigars • Loose leaf • Vapers • Dipping tobacco • Shag (tobacco)

HISTORY STATISTICS BENEFITS • Groups of students, staff, faculty, • 16 percent of Onondaga County • Eliminating waste produced by and alumni have gathered adults smoke, compared to 16 tobacco product use. around support of a tobacco-free percent of adults in New York • Eliminating the risks of initiative for more than 10 years. and 17 percent in the United secondhand smoke inhalation. • Survey results from 2010 show States. • Removing smokeless tobacco that 58 percent of students • High school students who have and e-cigarettes from campus and 71 percent of faculty and used an e- are six times will reduce tobacco use initiation staff supported policies to more likely to smoke cigarettes. among students. limit tobacco use on Syracuse • Syracuse University will increase University’s campus. support and resources for • Over the past two years, tobacco cessation. working groups on campus have researched best practices from other universities, drafted a policy, and met with campus stakeholders.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: wellness.syr.edu/tobacco-free/ Questions, contact: [email protected]