Tobacco Free Policy (K34.05.99.K1)

Scope and Limitations

Areas in which smoking is prohibited:

• Smoking (the use or carrying of a lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette, tobacco, e-cigarette, and any other type of nicotine delivery system or smoking substance) is prohibited on campus.
• The use of cigarettes, cigars, pipes, all forms of smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, or any other product that contains tobacco), and any other smoking devices that use tobacco, such as e-cigarette is also specifically prohibited on any TAMUK property.
• University student artists or actors who participate in authorized performances will be allowed to smoke as part of an artistic production provided that appropriate disposal receptacles and smoke filtration units are available and the audience is informed before the performance.
• If approved by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, participants in academic research projects involving smoking are permitted to smoke provided that it is conducted in a designated area and informational signs are posted indicating the presence of tobacco smoke. The Principal Investigator must have a smoke filtration unit operating during the smoking event

Smoking and Tobacco Cessation Programs

TAMUK is committed to supporting faculty and staff who wish to stop using tobacco and nicotine products. Information on tobacco, nicotine and smoking, including the smoking cessation program, is provided through the Employee Assistance Program

Exemptions

The president may permit exemptions to this rule for specific activities and locations that carry out the university’s goals and objectives.