By: Rudolf

Rudolf
Thu, 02 Jan 2020 02:04:39 +0000

In reply to Tracy” target=”_blank” title=”/2019/12/cultural-differences-at-play-for-students-smoking-on-campus/comment-page-1/#comment-114276″>Tracy”>/2019/12/cultural-differences-at-play-for-students-smoking-on-campus/comment-page-1/#comment-114276″>Tracy Braund.

At the same time the lack of smoking spaces is a safety concern. Students will go to badly lit, out of the way areas to smoke where they are vulnerable. An article, I think from Edutimes, talks about when campuses completely ban smoking crime against students goes up a bit. Furthermore, most smokers are also minorities either ethnically or socio-economically, which already puts them at greater risk for violence and crime.

The blanket smoking ban is one of those things that on the surface seems like a great idea, but in practice actually causes more problems than it fixes.