Smoking and Tobacco Use Policy

Smoking and Tobacco Use Policy

• The use of tobacco and tobacco related products is prohibited in all campus facilities in order to lessen fire and health related hazards.
• Tobacco products are not sold on campus.
• Smoking is not permitted on and around all campus athletic fields.
• Smoking by students and employees outside the campus buildings is permitted only in the following areas without exception:

1. Physical Fitness Center (Gym) - main entrance
2. Cosgrave Student Center – upper entrance at seating area
3. Chapel Building - archway entrance on west side
4. Ihmsen Hall - breezeway
5. Library Building- main entrance
6. Main Building - basement entrance near Room 4
7. Pierce Hall/McAuley Hall – lower level entrance of Pierce
8. St. Gertrude Hall – entrance facing Ihmsen Hall
9. Academic Hall - second floor entrance
10. Alumni Hall - front door entrance only when building is in use

• Violations by students should be reported to the Director of Residence Life at 814-886-6407.
• Employees and students are requested to extinguish cigarettes, matches, etc. only in the designated containers that are placed in all permitted smoking areas.
• Employees and students are requested to not litter on campus in order to ensure an aesthetically pleasing campus environment. This includes not discarding cigarettes in parking lots, sidewalks, lawns, etc.
• On occasion, the College will make available smoking cessation programs as part of the College’s Wellness Program.