\u201cOut of concern for the health and safety of our campus community, we are also moving to make UCF\u2019s campuses smoke-free. In coming months, we will host public discussions and forums as we formulate a policy. I hope to see it in place one year from now at all campus locations. This move aligns us with several community partners \u2013 such as the Orange County government and Florida Hospital \u2013 which are already headed in this positive direction.”<\/p>\n
\u2013President John C. Hitt, State of the University address, Oct. 27<\/em><\/p>\n The first signs of UCF becoming a smoke-free campus were visible during the 36th national Great American Smokeout, an American Cancer Society initiative that encourages adults to quit smoking.<\/p>\n UCF Health Services displayed 1,000 pinwheels at Memory Mall to promote clean air for everyone, and students took the pinwheels to show their support for UCF going smoke free. During a lunchtime flash mob, 100 students gathered to blow bubbles in the Student Union to show their support for clean air for everyone.<\/p>\n \u201cThe response we got from students that day was overwhelming support for a smoke-free UCF campus,\u201d said Mary Schmidt-Owens, co-chair for the UCF Smoke Free Task Force. \u201cThis change in policy will help ensure a healthy environment for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n More information about the smoke-free initiative will be communicated throughout the coming year.<\/p>\n Health Services is an office in the Division of Student Development and Enrollment Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first signs of UCF becoming a smoke-free campus were visible during the 36th national Great American Smokeout. More information will be communicated in the coming months.","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":30590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2118,2510,4185],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-30589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","tag-health-services","tag-john-c-hitt","tag-sdes"],"yoast_head":"\n