University of Missouri to go smoke free July 1

Thursday, November 15, 2012

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Smoking won’t be allowed at the University of Missouri on July 1, six months earlier than originally planned.

The Missouri Students Association pushed for the earlier date, saying there was no good reason to wait for the previous Jan. 1, 2014, deadline.

The ban will end an effort that began in 2009, when smoking was banned from buildings. Last summer, the university designated certain spots on campus for smoking, such as parking lots. After July, all smoking will be banned on campus.

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/RFnWUX ) a committee is considering how to enforce the smoking ban. Plans call for an educational campaign first, followed by discipline for repeated offenders. The school also plans to hand out free patches or lozenges to help those trying to quit.

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Information from: Columbia Daily Tribune, http://www.columbiatribune.com

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spelchek 7 months ago

Why stop here? Pull all tobacco from the shelves in Columbia. These non-tax paying, ritalin raised, participation trophy sporting, liberty hating feel gooders in the meantime will go on weekend drinking binges posting the results on their FB accounts all the while feeling good about protecting US from ourselves. Apparently history isn't taught at MU.

Paroquet 7 months ago

Pfft. I smoke on restaurant patios upwind of non-smokers, where I can find them, when some anti-smoking thing is on the ballot. Not because I want to be an arse, but because they've been an arse to me, and I really don't want to be jailed for assault.

Oh, and pull all tobacco from every place in JC too, because it is going to happen, just like Springfield and Maryville. Even with a red-run city council, county commission, or legislature.

Funny about them redshirt conservatives going along with interfering with individual rights, ain't it? I used to have a choice not to patronize non-smoking establishments. Others had the freedom to patronize their business of choice as well.

Does this not seem a little weird to anyone paying attention? The most RED, conservative city in Missouri, the nerve center for the Assemblies of God, went so far as to tell individual business owners how to run their shop.

Red liberals. Who'd of thunk it.

connor 7 months ago

Cities and government departments banning smoking isn't a single party nor even a conservative/liberal thing. It seems to be just some need to find a social demon to come down on that will make some segment of the complaining population happy. It is typical mob rule democracy at it's finest since more people do not smoke they figure vote against it same reason tobacco is always the one to get taxed first. I was really surprised prop B actually failed this time around and it barely failed at that.

It really shows the power of media manipulation they have bad mouthed it for so long with so many screaming about it that people will vote to limit it out of hand now. Scary when you think about it. Makes you wonder what is next.

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