Aberdeen Tobacco Prevention Coalition

Choose to socialize in smoke-free venues. Support local businesses and protect your health by frequenting some-free businesses. Not only will you feel better, but you will smell better too!

Choose to live in smoke-free housing. Ask to live in smoke-free residence halls or look for an apartment with friends who do not smoke.

Ask friends and family to not smoke in your car or in your home. A friend who smokes is still a friend, but you have the right and responsibility to protect your health.

Look for employment in smoke-free establishments. If you cannot find employment in one of these places, talk to your employer about going smoke-free or at least trying it one day/night a week.

Take action! Be a part of your campus or community Tobacco Task Force. Students have a powerful voice in these groups for policy change, but often they do not get involved.

Make your voice heard~ Testify at your city council meeting in support of clean indoor air ordinances that protect all workers.

Know there are no “safe” cigarettes. Do your research and learn the truth about new cigarettes the industry claims are safer. Remember that additive-free and herbal or natural cigarettes are addictive and still produce carcinogens.

Keep your loved ones safe. Secondhand smoke affects kids in the home as well as pets. Research has shown that dogs and cats can develop nasal and sinus cancer from secondhand smoke.

Take an alternative/health break. To protect yourself from secondhand smoke and to support a friend who wants to quit smoking, suggest going for a walk instead of a smoke break.

Contact your campus resources for information and strategies.

After the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement that ended Big Tobacco's ability to market directly to youth 17 and younger, the industry began to focus on a new and totally legal target audience - you, the 18-24 year old.

The third largest cigarette company in the United States, Brown & Williamson, spends $30 million per year on bar promotions.

Bar owners may receive thousands of dollars from tobacco companies to hold in-bar promotions where their representatives give away lots of free stuff like samples and promotional items. Plus get this, tobacco companies bribe bartenders to participate by offering them free trips, parties and other perks.

Big Tobacco is big on sponsoring musical events they know college students are into. During 1999, Philip Morris sponsored 117 events at bars and nightclubs featuring groups like the Violent Femmes, Los Lobos, and Smash Mouth.

The tobacco industry spends major bucks on advertising in "alternative" papers aimed at 18-24 year olds. An internal document from RJ Reynolds states that the alternative weeklies are an ideal way to reach the Millenial generation because these publications are often free at coffeehouses and nightclubs - locations where this generation hangs out.

Most NSU students would rather date a non-smoker than a smoker. (83%)

Most NSU students would rather socialize in a smoke-free environment. (80%)

Most NSU students believe that the campus should be tobacco-free. (55%)

Most NSU students would support a friend who was trying to quit smoking. (95%)

Most NSU students have never used spit tobacco. (91%)
Based on the NSU Social Norms Survey of 572 NSU students in April 2004.

8 out of 10 NSU students don’t smoke.

9 out of 10 NSU students don’t chew.

Based on the NSU Social Norms Survey of 281 NSU students in April 2005.

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	Ways to Protect Yourself from Secondhand Smoke (SHS) Choose to socialize in smoke-free venues. Support local businesses and protect your health by frequenting some-free businesses. Not only will you feel better, but you will smell better too! Choose to live in smoke-free housing. Ask to live in smoke-free residence halls or look for an apartment with friends who do not smoke. Ask friends and family to not smoke in your car or in your home. A friend who smokes is still a friend, but you have the right and responsibility to protect your health. Look for employment in smoke-free establishments. If you cannot find employment in one of these places, talk to your employer about going smoke-free or at least trying it one day/night a week. Take action! Be a part of your campus or community Tobacco Task Force. Students have a powerful voice in these groups for policy change, but often they do not get involved. Make your voice heard~ Testify at your city council meeting in support of clean indoor air ordinances that protect all workers. Know there are no “safe” cigarettes. Do your research and learn the truth about new cigarettes the industry claims are safer. Remember that additive-free and herbal or natural cigarettes are addictive and still produce carcinogens. Keep your loved ones safe. Secondhand smoke affects kids in the home as well as pets. Research has shown that dogs and cats can develop nasal and sinus cancer from secondhand smoke. Take an alternative/health break. To protect yourself from secondhand smoke and to support a friend who wants to quit smoking, suggest going for a walk instead of a smoke break. Contact your campus resources for information and strategies. Aberdeen Tobacco Prevention Coalition Coordinator NSU Counseling Center 1200 S. Jay Street Aberdeen, S.D. 57401 (605) 626-2371 Ashley Seeklander NSU Tobacco Prevention Coalition Coordinator NSU Counseling Center 1200 S. Jay Street Aberdeen, S.D. 57401 (605) 626-2371 Even wonder what colleges and universities in the U.S. are completely smoke-free or at least their residence halls are smoke-free? Follow the link below to answer your question! http://www.no-smoke.org/pdf/smokefreecollegesuniversities.pdf (I’ll give you a hint: NSU is on one of those lists. Which one? Check it out and see.) GO WOLVES! South Dakota Board of Regents and Northern State University Campus and Residence Hall Tobacco Policy According the South Dakota Board of Regents Policy Manual (section 4:29): “Effective November 19, 1992, smoking is prohibited in all buildings thereof owned, leased or occupied by the Board of Regents except that institutions may permit smoking in portions of facilities which are occupied as residences. For the purposes of this section, common areas include, without restriction: elevators, restrooms, laundry rooms, recreation rooms, lobbies, corridors, stairways, and building entrances and exits. Signs shall be posted at all entrance and exit ways of facilities stating the facility is smoke-free and that smoking is prohibited. Institutions are permitted to designate outdoor smoking areas.” According to the 2005-2006 Residence Life Handbook (page 33): “In compliance with Executive Order 88-6, smoking is prohibited in campus buildings. Residents who choose to smoke must do so outside and should move away from the building to avoid smoke traveling into another student's room.” A copy of the NSU Residence Life Handbook is available at the Student Development Office located in the NSU Student Center room 201 or at http://www.northern.edu/residence_life/handbook.pdf NCAA Rules and Regulations Regarding Tobacco Use According to NCAA Bylaw 11.1.5: “The use of tobacco products is prohibited by all game personnel ( e.g., coaches, trainers, managers, and game officials) in all sports during practice and competition. Uniform penalties (as determined by the applicable rules-making committees and sports committees with rules-making responsibilities) shall be established for such use (adopted: 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94, revised 1/1095, 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97).” According to NCAA Bylaw 17.1.8: “The use of tobacco products by a student-athlete is prohibited during practice and competition. A student-athlete who uses tobacco products during a practice or competition shall be disqualified for the remainder of that practice or competition (adopted 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94).” A copy of the NCAA is available at http://www.ncaa.org/library/membership/division_ii_manual/2005-06/2005-06_d2_manual.pdf Are you a college student who always finds they are short on cash? Do you smoke? Follow this link http://www.tobaccofreeu.org/calculator/index.asp to find out how much money you could save if you quit smoking. Don’t smoke? No problem, find out how much extra money you would spend a day if you did smoke. You may be surprised! Do you know which one of these campus groups is directly targeted by tobacco companies? a. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Students b. Fraternity Members c. Art Students d. Women e. All of the above f. None of the above The answer is e. For more information on why you are being targeted visit http://www.tobaccofreeu.org/facts_figures/college_students.asp YOU’RE BEING TARGETED Okay get this. The tobacco industry just loves college students. They put ads in your magazines, hold promotions where you hang out and sponsor the concerts you pay to see. Wanna know why? Bottom line, you, along with every up and coming generation, are the key to their future success. The proof can be found in Big Tobacco's own words. As far back as 1984, an executive at R.J. Reynolds said: "Younger adult smokers are the only source of replacement smokers…If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry must decline, just as a population which does not give birth will eventually dwindle." Want more proof that the tobacco industry targets college students? Check out these facts. After the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement that ended Big Tobacco's ability to market directly to youth 17 and younger, the industry began to focus on a new and totally legal target audience - you, the 18-24 year old. The third largest cigarette company in the United States, Brown & Williamson, spends $30 million per year on bar promotions. Bar owners may receive thousands of dollars from tobacco companies to hold in-bar promotions where their representatives give away lots of free stuff like samples and promotional items. Plus get this, tobacco companies bribe bartenders to participate by offering them free trips, parties and other perks. Big Tobacco is big on sponsoring musical events they know college students are into. During 1999, Philip Morris sponsored 117 events at bars and nightclubs featuring groups like the Violent Femmes, Los Lobos, and Smash Mouth. The tobacco industry spends major bucks on advertising in "alternative" papers aimed at 18-24 year olds. An internal document from RJ Reynolds states that the alternative weeklies are an ideal way to reach the Millenial generation because these publications are often free at coffeehouses and nightclubs - locations where this generation hangs out. Taken from http://www.tobaccofreeu.org/facts_figures/industry.asp Article on smoking and college students: http://no-smoking.org/march99/03-05-99-6.html Most NSU students would rather date a non-smoker than a smoker. (83%) Most NSU students would rather socialize in a smoke-free environment. (80%) Most NSU students believe that the campus should be tobacco-free. (55%) Most NSU students would support a friend who was trying to quit smoking. (95%) Most NSU students have never used spit tobacco. (91%) Based on the NSU Social Norms Survey of 572 NSU students in April 2004. 8 out of 10 NSU students don’t smoke. 9 out of 10 NSU students don’t chew. Based on the NSU Social Norms Survey of 281 NSU students in April 2005. 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