Effective July 1, OSU-Stillwater will become the first tobacco-free campus in the Big 12.“We do want to be known as the healthiest campus in America, and this is one step that’s going to help us get there,” said Robin Purdie, the director of the Seretean Wellness Center. In July 2006, the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust awarded the Seretean Wellness Center a $500,000 grant to decrease tobacco-use among college students. A Tobacco Task Force was formed in December to review tobacco policy recommendations from the Student Government Association, the Staff Advisory Council and the Faculty Council. The SGA recommendation passed 21-9 with two abstentions and nine members absent while the Faculty Council recommendation passed 13-11 with two abstentions. The Staff Advisory Council passed 20-0 with one abstention. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions
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