3357:12-20-10-Tobacco Policy

A.POLICY

Zane State College recognizes its leadership role in promoting and maintaining a tobacco-free environment. In conjunction with the College’s efforts to educate students, employees, and the community about the importance of health and safety, Zane State College is a tobacco-free institution.

 

B.POLICY GUIDELINES

Enforcing a tobacco-free policy is possible because the College places value on individual responsibility and leadership. As such, every member of the College community shares equally in the responsibility for adhering to and respectfully enforcing the tobacco-free policy. Ultimate responsibility for enforcement rests on the department of Campus Safety. Verbal warnings will be issued, but repeat violators will be referred to the Office of Human Resources or to Student Services and may be subject to disciplinary action.

Enforcement specifically relates to the following provisions:

 

• Tobacco Use is prohibited on all College-owned and shared property and facilities and within leased space and facilities. “Tobacco Use” for purpose of this Policy means any substance containing tobacco leaf, including but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, hookah tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, bidis, blunts, clove cigarettes, electronic smoking devices, or any other preparation of tobacco; and any product or formulation of matter containing biologically active amounts of nicotine that is manufactured, sold, offered for sale, or otherwise distributed with the expectation that the product or matter will be introduced into the human body by inhalation.
• The above-mentioned facilities include, but is not limited to, all indoor and outdoor facilities, including entrance steps and ramps, restrooms, pedestrian walkways, entryways, terraces, and campus bus stops.
• Tobacco use is prohibited in College-owned or leased vehicles.
• Tobacco products will not be sold in College facilities.

 

The College President is authorized to create, implement, and manage procedures to assure compliance with this policy.

POLICY HISTORY

• Approved by the Zane State College President’s Cabinet August 2002
• Revision adopted March 2011
• Revision adopted November 2013
• Revision adopted September 2014
• Policy reviewed by the Human Resource Advisory Council March 2019; minor and inconsequential modifications were made to the policy

 

Revisions approved by President’s Cabinet May 2024

 

D.INITIATING DIVISION

Office of Human Resources

POLICY REVIEWERS

Faculty and Staff Senates

Human Resource Advisory Council

F.POLICY REFERENCES

 

• No forms
• No referenced codified rules
• No connecting policies