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TOBACCO USE POLICY
The University of
West Alabama is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for its
employees and students. Furthermore, it is the University’s policy to comply
with all applicable federal, state and local regulations regarding tobacco use
in the workplace and to provide a work environment that promotes productivity
and the well-being of its employees. Because of the serious health and sanitary
hazards associated with the use of tobacco and with exposure to second-hand
smoke, the University has implemented the following policy.
The use of tobacco
in any form is prohibited in classrooms, lecture rooms, laboratories, offices, residence
halls, campus apartments, the Student Union Building, the cafeteria,
auditoriums, warehouses, attics, storage areas, elevators, libraries,
gymnasiums, shops where woodworking is in process, University motor pool
vehicles, posted areas, and any other
areas where receptacles for discarded tobacco materials are not available. In
all other buildings, any areas not designated as tobacco use areas are presumed to
be non-tobacco-use areas.
Additionally, all areas within twenty-five feet surrounding any
University facility are designated non-tobacco-use areas. In making such
designation, the University considers the following exterior locations
non-tobacco-use areas: entrance doors, covered breezeways, ventilating and
air conditioning intake vents, and windows.
Any violation of this policy by a University employee shall
result in disciplinary action according to established UWA disciplinary
procedures up to, and including, discharge. A violation of this policy by
a student constitutes non-academic misconduct, and the student will be subject
to established disciplinary action.
It is the
responsibility of the dean, director, or other chief administrative officer to
enforce the tobacco use policy in those buildings or portions of buildings under
his/her control.
The University periodically provides information on the effects
of tobacco use and on tobacco cessation programs to its employees and its
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