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ANCHORAGE - Some students at UAA are pushing to have their campus go smoke-free. Workers with the American Lung Association on Thursday were circulating a petition among students asking that the current smoking policy be changed. Right now people are allowed to smoke outside, but Brianne Villar with the Lung Association said even that puts people at risk. “They believe that second hand smoke, once it gets in the air, all goes away. But chemicals in the cigarettes and the cigarette smoke is harmful to everyone around you,” said Villar. More than a hundred students had signed the petition by midday Thursday, which also happened to be the 37th anniversary of the Great American Smokeout. It asks to ban all smoking on campus, including parking lots and in vehicles. The petition will go next to the UAA Student Government Council. It will then be up to the UAA chancellor to make the final call. If the entire campus does go smoke-free, it would be the first in the university system. |
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harleyrider1978 said on Friday, Nov 16 at 5:04 AM
About 90% of secondary smoke is composed of water vapor and ordinary air with a minor amount of carbon dioxide. The volume of water vapor of second hand smoke becomes even larger as it qickly disperses into the air,depending upon the humidity factors within a set location indoors or outdoors. Exhaled smoke from a smoker will provide 20% more water vapor to the smoke as it exists the smokers mouth. 4 % is carbon monoxide. 6 % is those supposed 4,000 chemicals to be found in tobacco smoke. Unfortunatley for the smoke free advocates these supposed chemicals are more theorized than actually found.What is found is so small to even call them threats to humans is beyond belief.Nanograms,picograms and femptograms...... (1989 Report of the Surgeon General p. 80).
106732872gene said on Friday, Nov 16 at 9:24 AM
I'll believe any boilerplate some semi-literate KY tobacco farmer comes up to Alaska to spew. Sure I will. And he's such a scientist! Google "harleyrider" or "John Davidson" for tens of thousands of his posts around the world.
106755751Amanda said on Tuesday, Nov 20 at 7:11 PM
The worst thing is that people tend to smoke right in front of exits and entrances. As a UAA student, I walk through smoke clouds constantly just because I'm walking into or out of a building. It is so annoying. I would love a smoke-free campus.
107060622Amanda said on Tuesday, Nov 20 at 7:13 PM
Arguing that second-hand smoke is not harmful is ridiculous.
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