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SMC Smoke Free Campus Initiative

SMC Smoke Free Campus Initiative. Dr. Alireza Rezapour Irene Umipig, MPH. The start of a dream…. Heart attack rates dropped immediately following implementation of anti-smoking laws reaching 17% after one year... 36% in three years (Lightwood & Glantz , 2009)

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SMC Smoke Free Campus Initiative

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  1. SMC Smoke Free Campus Initiative Dr. AlirezaRezapour Irene Umipig, MPH

  2. The start of a dream… Heart attack rates dropped immediately following implementation of anti-smoking laws reaching 17% after one year... 36% in three years (Lightwood & Glantz, 2009) “Public smoking bans (are) the single most important and cost-effective health policy we have.” (Britton, 2009)

  3. Why Tobacco? • Deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization (R. Proctor, 2011) • Tobacco is the #1 preventable cause for disease and death (CDC, 2011) • One of the most addicting products • Tobacco products are constantly manipulated in their content to increase it’s addictive nature…and profitability • 4800 chemicals, 599 additives such as arsenic, cadmium, ammonia, nickel, beeswax, radioactive polonium, cyanide, sugar, • Siberian beaver anal secretions for pack aroma

  4. Why the Tobacco Industry… Major tobacco companies met in December of 1953 to plan and refute the accumulating evidence by advertisements, press release, corporate networking, and journalists producing white paper studiesas well as a propaganda film called “Smoking and Health” “How fortunate it was ‘for us’ that smokers were engaging in a habit they can’t break.” No accountability for detrimental effects of product until the end of the past millennium! “For every $6,000 profit made by tobacco industry, ONE person dies” In 2010, the US tobacco profits were $36 billion. (World Lung Foundation) For every acre of tobacco fields planted, you’ll harvest 1 death for lung cancer and 2 deaths for heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, and other forms of cancer. “Agnotology; the study of the gap between the scholar’s consensus and public perception on a given topic” –Golden Holocaust (R. Proctor, 2011)

  5. 2012 US Surgeon General’s Report: • Preventing tobacco use among youth and young adults • “Among adults who become daily smokers, nearly all first use of cigarettes occurs by age 18, with 99% of first use by age 26” • 1964- First year to mention tobacco as a leading cause for cancer in men • Now- no less than 30 reports have included tobacco and tobacco products as being hazardous to health with numerous calls for action to curb impact on society Surgeon General

  6. Why Us?…because colleges are the target! • The tobacco industry views college-age people as replacement smokers • A Philip Morris research director was quoted “…carcinogens were found in practically every class of compounds in cigarette smoke.” (R. Proctor) • Tobacco industry markets to young adults using: • Social media to promote products • Sponsors events & promotions in bars & clubs to normalize tobacco use

  7. Why Us?Why Now?Why SMC?

  8. Trailblazers… • Nationally • At least 704 colleges and universities are 100% smoke free • 23 California Schools • Loma Linda, Santa Clara, Stanford, UCSF • At least 270 colleges and universities are 100% tobacco free • HERE AT SMC! • Educational Campaign • Great American Smoke Out • Photovoice Project • Collegian Articles • Cigarette butt pick up event • Student Smoke Free Campus Policy Survey • Student Resolution for Support • Smoke Free Campus Policy Committee • NCHA • Climate Survey • Locally • UC Campus Policy for 100% tobacco free campuses

  9. Transitional Policy What It Is… What It Is NOT… • Inclusive • Compassionate • Transitional • Collaborative • Supportive • Public Health Issue • Ostracizing • Punitive • Immediate & Absolute • Private Choices • Lacks direction or non substantive • Individual Issue

  10. Let’s make it happen for SMC! • NEXT STEPS • Resolutions for Support from Staff Council & Academic Senate • Education • Raise awareness and build support & ownership of policy • Implementation • Dissemination of policy • Campus communication for compliance • Enforcement • Focus on education NOT punishment • Promotion of cessation services • Empower campus community to promote compliance • GOALS • 150th year anniversary

  11. Resources: • Health & Wellness • Dr. AlirezaRezapour and Irene Umipig • (925) 631.4254 • Tobacco Atlas • Tobaccoatlas.org • World Lung Foundation and American Cancer Society

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