Emory is considering the implementation of a tobacco-free campus policy — tentatively slated to take effect in fall 2011 — that would ban the use of tobacco on University property but would not be accompanied by punitive measures for noncompliance.
A task force co-headed by Director of Communications David Payne has been investigating the possibility of such a policy since January and is still working out the details. According to Payne, the efficacy of the policy will rely on community enforcement. This means voluntary compliance and encouragement from community members will likely be the means for enforcing the policy, he explained.
Theresa Milazzo, associate vice president for human resources and co-head of the task force, said the policy is intended to draw attention to cessation resources rather than to serve as a means for punishing tobacco-users.
Seven committees comprise the task force, and the committees are each focusing on communications, data and research, facilities, education and cessation, policies and enforcement, patient impact and alumni and visitor impact, respectively.
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