Smoke and Tobacco Free
UCI is a Smoke-Free and Tobacco-Free Campus
UCI is committed to providing a healthy working, learning and living environment for all members of the campus community and its visitors. Smoking-related illness, including those related to tobacco smoke, comprises the largest proportion of preventable diseases.
As a leader in health and health care, as well as environmental research, policy, practice and education, UCI has a responsibility to demonstrate leadership in reducing tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure for our students, faculty, staff and visitors.
This affects everyone on UCI property, including students, faculty, staff, guests and visitors. We ask that all tobacco users be respectful of our initiative.
This policy prohibits smoking on all campus properties including all indoor and outdoor areas. Smoking is prohibited everywhere on campus and at properties owned or leased by UCI, including all parking lots.
Enforcement is educational, and all students, faculty, staff, and visitors are expected to abide by current policies.
Smoke and Tobacco Free Policy Task Force
| Members | |
|---|---|
| Sharon Stead, Co-Chair | Director, Middle Earth Housing |
| Jennie Wung, Co-Chair | Assistant Director, Safety Services |
| Paul Cooper | Assistant Chief of Police, UCIPD |
| Drew Chesen | Director, Building Services and Housing, Division of Continuing Education |
| Doug Everhart | Director of Student Wellness & Health Promotion |
| Christie Fowler | Assistant Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior |
| Kristine Ferry | Operations, Library |
| Dyan Hall | Wellness Program Administrator, Human Resources |
| Stephanie-Jean Hinojosa | Manager - FM IT System, Facilities Management & Staff Assembly |
| Marcelle Hayashida | Assistant Vice Chancellor, Wellness, Health & Counseling Services |
| Christopher Richmond | Risk Manager, Risk Services |
| Abby Hyland | Alcohol & Other Drugs Programs Manager |
Frequently Asked Questions
UCI is committed to providing a healthy working, learning and living environment for all members of the campus community and its visitors. Smoking-related illness, including those related to tobacco smoke, comprises the largest proportion of preventable diseases. As a leader in health and health care, as well as environmental research, policy, practice and education, UCI has a responsibility to demonstrate leadership in reducing tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure for our students, faculty, staff, and visitors.
This affects everyone on UCI property, including students, faculty, staff, guests and visitors. We ask that all tobacco users be respectful of our initiative.
This policy prohibits smoking on all campus properties including all indoor and outdoor areas.
Smoking is prohibited everywhere on campus and at properties owned or leased by UCI, including all parking lots.
UCI, as well as the rest of the UC system, is smoke free as of Jan. 1, 2014, and now is in alignment with the UCI Medical Center, which implemented a smoke-free environment in September 2006.
Enforcement is educational; all students, faculty, staff and visitors are expected to abide by current policies.
The UCI Center for Student Wellness and Health Promotion provides printed resources and other cessation information for students affected by this policy;UCI Human Resources, UCI Wellness Program provides the same resources for faculty and staff. All members of the campus community, including visitors, are encouraged to call the California Smoker's Helpline at 1-800-NO-BUTTS.
Electronic smoking devices (e.g., e-cigarette, vapor cigarette, personal vaporizer or PV) are included in the prohibition.