TOBACCO FREE 2012

CHANGE IS IN THE AIR 

The University of Oregon is going tobacco free and will offer students, faculty and staff smoking cessation assistance during the transition. The UO is the first university in the Pac-10 to announce intentions to be smoke and tobacco free.

"We have the obligation to provide a healthy, smoke and tobacco-free environment for our students, employees and visitors," said Senior Vice President and Provost Jim Bean. "This is a great statement about our commitment to a healthy campus." The announcement follows the recent launch of the Healthy Campus Initiative to improve the health of the overall community. The program will promote a balanced lifestyle, physical and mental health, and will encourage students, faculty and staff to make positive choices.

http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2010/11/university-oregon-go-smoke-and-tobacco-free

Campus Resources for tobacco cessation

For more information on tobacco cessation and nicotine replacement therapy please contact:

Paula Staight, Director, Health Promotion, 541-346-2728 or

Marci Torres, Director, Healthy Campus Initiative, 541-346-8817

or call the Oregon Quit Line at 1-800-QUIT NOW  (784-8669)    www.quitnow.net/oregon/