What Now: Measuring the Efficacy of a Campus-Wide Tobacco-Free Policy

Lawrence, Carrie

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Exhibit Hall (Kansas City Convention Center)

Ms. Carrie Lawrence, BS, MS , Respitory Therapy, Indiana University Health-Bloomington Hopsital, Bloomington, IN

Ms. Maria Roditis, MA, MPH , Health and WEllness, Indiana University Student Health Center, Bloomington, IN

Dr. Jon Macy, MPH, PHD , Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Bloomington, IN

Ms. Cathleen Hardy-Hansen, MPA , Health and Wellness, Indiana University Health Center, Bloomington, IN

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to:

To understand the degree to which Indiana University students faculty and staff are aware of the tobacco free ban. To understand the degree to which the tobacco free ban affects student faculty and staff decisions to use tobacco on campus To understand perceptions about having a tobacco free ban on campus

Audience: Health Educators, Researchers, College Administrators, Health Care Providers, Policy Makers, Advocates

Key Points:

This poster discusses the success and struggles of transitioning to a tobacco-free campus at Indiana University Bloomington.

This poster will explain current perceptions towards the current campus policy as well as towards the normalcy of smoking on campus are evaluated along with current tobacco use practices.

This poster will describe data on the degree of tobacco use occurring on this tobacco-free campus and the degree to which tobacco paraphernalia contribute to the total amount of litter on campus. This poster contributes to the emerging literature on the new frontiers of tobacco control.

Educational Experience: Conference particpants will identify the evaluation approach used for evaluating campus tobacco policies as well as stakeholder needed for the evaluation and dissemination of findings.

Benefits: Tobacco use is one of the leading indicators of Healthy Colleges 2010. Tobacco free policies have been implemented in the majority of college campuses to varying degrees. Indiana University Bloomington is one of a smaller number of campuses to have a campus-wide ban of tobacco products. (Halperin 2003). This evaluation describes the efficacy of such a ban. This evaluation highlights struggles such as issues related to compliance towards this ban. This study contributes to the emerging literature on the new frontiers of tobacco control.

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