Smoke and Tobacco-free Campus
Cessation Resources
- Kick It California - A free program that helps Californians kick smoking, vaping, and smokeless tobacco with the help of proven, science-based strategies.
- Truth Initiative - Inspiring lives free from smoking, vaping & nicotine.
- For information about mental health support, alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs, visit MJC Health Services.
MJC Smoke and Tobacco-Free Campus Policy
Background
Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventative disease and death in the United
States. The
Surgeon General has concluded that there is no risk---free level of exposure to secondhand
tobacco
smoke. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found secondhand
tobacco smoke
to be a risk to public health, and has classified secondhand smoke as a group A carcinogen,
the most
dangerous class of carcinogen. Furthermore, the California Air Resources Board has
categorized
secondhand smoke as a toxic air contaminant. Secondhand smoke is hazardous to smokers
and nonsmokers alike. To promote a safe and healthy campus environment, Modesto Junior
College has
adopted this smoke and tobacco-free policy.
Policy
Modesto Junior College is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for
its students,
employees, and visitors. In light of evidence that the use of tobacco and nicotine
as well as exposure to
secondhand smoke and aerosol (commonly referred to as "vapor") from electronic smoking
devices
pose significant health and environmental hazards, Modesto Junior College has established
a smoke, vapor and tobacco-free environment.
Smoking and the use of all tobacco products are prohibited at all times on all property
and in all indoor
and outdoor spaces owned, leased, licensed, or otherwise controlled by Modesto Junior
College.
Such products will also not be sold or distributed on Modesto Junior College-controlled
property.
No advertising or marketing of such products shall be permitted on Modesto Junior
College-controlled
property or in publications produced by the Modesto Junior College.
Definitions
"Electronic Smoking Device" means an electronic device that may be used to deliver
any aerosolized or
vaporized substance to the person inhaling from the device, including but not limited
to, an e-cigarette,
e-cigar, e-pipe, vape pen, or e-hookah.
"Smoking" means inhaling, exhaling, or burning any tobacco, nicotine, cannabis, or
plant product,
whether natural or synthetic, such as cigar, cigarette, cigarillo, pipe, or any other
lighted, heated, or
activated tobacco, nicotine, cannabis or plant product intended for inhalation. "Smoking"
also means
using an electronic smoking device or hookah.
"Tobacco Product" means any product containing, made from, or derived from tobacco
or nicotine that
is intended for human consumption or is likely to be consumed, whether smoked, heated,
chewed,
absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means, including,
but not limited
to cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff, or snus;
and any electronic
smoking device and any substances that may be aerosolized or vaporized by such device,
whether or not
the substance contains nicotine.
"Tobacco Product" does not include a product that has been approved by the U.S. Food
and Drug
Administration for sale as a tobacco treatment product marketed and sold solely for
such an approved
purpose.
Compliance and Enforcement
It is the responsibility of the administration to ensure compliance with this procedure.
It is the
responsibility of managers and supervisors to inform their employees of this procedure
and it is the
responsibility of all employees to inform the students.
Nicotine is an addictive product and it may take time for students, faculty, and staff
that use tobacco to
change habits of use. For these reasons, education, including resources and referrals
for tobacco
treatment, will be the primary mode of enforcement.
Tobacco Treatment
For individuals interested in quitting tobacco, visit our Cessation Resources or contact Health Services at mjchealthservices@mjc.edu to inquire about Quit Kits.