Tobacco Policy Task Force

Rogue Community College has been gathering thoughts and opinions regarding tobacco use on campus. We have heard from our students, staff, and community partners on this topic. Like many other community colleges in Oregon, the interest in this topic was originally generated from the Oregon Tobacco Free College Initiative sponsored by the American Lung Association. The following links show the tobacco survey results per group:

• Community Member Survey Results
• Faculty/Staff Survey Results
• Student Survey Results
  

The following links are intended to assist you in learning about tobacco use and are not to be considered a definitive guide on the issue. Please use any other information you need to as you consider your point of view on the issue of tobacco use at RCC.

Smoking Questions:

• Freedom From Smoking (FFS) is a state-of-the-art cessation program developed to help smokers at all stages of the quitting process.

• Ulitimate Quit Smoking Guide
  
  
• Questions About Smoking, Tobacco, and Health
  Contents: Questions about smoking, tobacco, and health Is there a safe way to smoke cigarettes...? What are the dangers of environmental tobacco smoke? Can secondhand smoke cause breast cancer... Source :American Cancer Society
  
  
• The American Lung Association in Oregon (ALAO) is the oldest, nationwide, nonprofit, voluntary public health organization in Oregon. The mission of ALAO is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. Programs focus on asthma, clean air, tobacco prevention and lung disease.
  
  
• The Oregon Tobacco-Free College Initiative works with community colleges throughout Oregon to reduce tobacco use and eliminate secondhand smoke exposure on campus.
  
  
• In 2003, Ozarks Technical College in Missouri became one of the 100% first tobacco-free colleges in the U.S. One of the reasons for this policy was “the commitment to preparing our graduates for employment in what is clearly becoming a more smoke free work environment” (Ty Patterson, Center of Excellence for Tobacco-Free Campus Policy, Ozarks Technical College).
  
  
• The list of Oregon tobacco-free campuses continues to grow.
  The UO Smoke Free Campus Report, posted on the Senate website, is now available.

• Smokinglobby.com is an online smoker's rights forum for both cigarette smokers and non-smokers alike to discuss fundamental individual freedoms and the right to choose whether or not to smoke.
  
  
• Smoking’s not good, but neither is UCC’s no-tobacco plan
  
  
• Friends of Tobacco
  
  
• In Defense of Smokers