{"id":735,"date":"2024-12-18T16:34:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/?page_id=735"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:45:54","slug":"policy-080600","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/?page_id=735","title":{"rendered":"POLICY 08:06:00"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SMOKING\/TOBACCO USE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please reference TBR Policy 1:07:00:10 Prohibitions on Smoking and Use of Smokeless Tobacco Products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pellissippi State Community College recognizes the scientific evidence that smoking is harmful not only to the active smoker but also to the &#8220;passive&#8221; smoker who is exposed to others&#8217; smoke. Furthermore, the Center for Disease Control has reported that passive tobacco smoke cannot be effectively removed from the workplace by ventilation or by air filtration. Smoking is defined as the lighting or carrying of a lighted cigarette, pipe, or similar device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of August 6, 2007, smoking is prohibited in all college buildings and indoor facilities, campus grounds and walkways, and all areas where non-smokers cannot avoid environmental smoke. Additionally, smoking will not be allowed in any college vehicle. All campus entrances are to be posted designating the campuses as \u201cSmoke Free\u201d and designating areas where smoking is permitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smoking will be permitted in the following areas only:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hardin Valley Campus \u2013 Outer limits of parking areas 01, 02, 03, 06, 08, and 09<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magnolia Avenue Campus \u2013 Main Open parking area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Division Street Campus \u2013 The lower Open parking areas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blount County Campus \u2013 The southern half of parking areas 01 and 02<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strawberry Plains Campus \u2013 Outer limits of the parking areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of smokeless tobacco (to include electronic cigarettes, vaporizers, vaping, dipping, chewing, etc.) is also prohibited under this policy and is subject to the same restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The policy applies to the entire college community, including employees, students, and visitors. It is the responsibility of all faculty, staff, and students to adhere to, enforce, and to inform visitors of the College&#8217;s smoking policy. If a student continues to disregard the posting, the student will be reported to the Dean of Students. If an employee continues to disregard the posting, the employee will be reported to the appropriate administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Approved: Executive Council, March 4, 1991<br>Executive Council, May 27, 1992<br>President&#8217;s Council, November 14, 1994<br>Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, November 12, 1997<br>Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, November 17, 1998<br>Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, June 3, 2002<br>Reviewed\/Recommended: President\u2019s Staff, July 23, 2007<br>Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, July 23, 2007<br>Editorial Changes, July 30, 2007, July 2008<br>Editorial Changes, April 30, 2009, July 1, 2009<br>Reviewed\/Recommended: President\u2019s Staff, September 7, 2010<br>Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, September 7, 2010<br>Reviewed\/Recommended: President\u2019s Council, March 25, 2013<br>Approved: President L. Anthony Wise, Jr., March 25, 2013<br>Reviewed\/Recommended: President\u2019s Council, Nov. 21, 2016<br>Approved: President L. Anthony Wise, Jr., Nov. 21, 2016<br>Reviewed\/Recommended: President\u2019s Council, September 27, 2021<br>Approved: President L. Anthony Wise Jr., September 27, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMOKING\/TOBACCO USE Please reference TBR Policy 1:07:00:10 Prohibitions on Smoking and Use of Smokeless Tobacco Products. Pellissippi State Community College recognizes the scientific evidence that smoking is harmful not only to the active smoker but also to the &#8220;passive&#8221; smoker who is exposed to others&#8217; smoke. Furthermore, the Center for Disease Control has reported that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"policy-template-1","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-735","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":737,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/735\/revisions\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}