2. On March 19, the Board of Regents voted
to bans tobacco products on college
campuses.
The tobacco ban starts Oct. 1, 2014.
It’ll ban all forms of tobacco, including
smokeless and electronic.
All students, faculty and staff must
follow this rule.
WHAT’S THE 411
3. Consequences enforced by the college
president.
President McKinney will decide
punishments.
Police won’t hold it as a law and will not
enforce it.
POLICY FORBIDS TOBACCO
4. How many were in
support?
The SGA conducted a
survey which say 33
percent of VSU student
strongly supported the
policy.
How many opposed?
And 44 percent of VSU
students strongly
opposed it.
HOW DID WE FEEL?
5. CDC says about 443,000 individuals die
yearly.
There’s 46 million people 18 and older using
tobacco.
Over 16 million have a disease caused by
smoking.
Valdosta makes up .36 percent of that
number.
IT’S ALL IN THE FACTS
6. Your body becomes physically depended on
nicotine.
Smoking paralyzes your lungs.
It causes stress on the heart forcing it to work
harder.
Cause lung, mouth, throat, bladder, cervix,
kidney and stomach cancers.
SOME EFFECTS OF SMOKING
7. Assistant Director for the Office of Health
Promotions, Holly Wright supports The Board
of Regents vote to ban tobacco.
She said the Office of Health Promotions
want to educate VSU community on the
dangers associated with tobacco use.
