Smoking in Campus

Smoking in campus

College campuses across the country are banning smoking completely. While many believe this to be a lifesaver, is it really going to work as well as everyone thinks it will?

At UVAS Lahore, smoking is allowed on campus but not within the facilities, such as residence halls and offices, and not within 50 feet of the entrance to any building, according to the Housing and Residence Life and the Event Services Policies and Procedures.

Many universities have already banned smoking on campus and more universities are now considering it because of health reasons. Campuses think because they are banning smoking that people will stop smoking on campus. This is an unlikely occurrence.

I do believe smoking is harmful, but to completely ban it from campus is pointless. If students don’t follow the rules that mandate smoking in certain areas now, why do universities think that students won’t rebel against the no-smoking-on-campus rule?

My suggestion would be for universities to provide one specific place on campus where students are allowed to smoke, somewhere away from buildings and the main traffic of students.

However, who’s to say that will work? Until universities, VSU included, start enforcing the rules that are already in place, there is no need in creating a stronger rule that will work as poorly as the first.

Students will rebel against any rule that they disagree with. If universities do not enforce the designated smoking areas that are already in place or create a new smoking area away from students, smoking will continue on campus, whether it is forbidden or not.