Tobacco Policy

Use of smoking or chewing tobacco, including electronic or vapor cigarettes, is prohibited in all College facilities and is permitted only in designated areas.

Western has adopted a tobacco and e-cigarette free environment in its buildings and allows such use only in designated areas. Smoking or vaporing is prohibited in or near college owned or operated buildings and per the guidelines below for external areas. Smoking traditional pipes, cigarettes, hookahs, e-cigarettes and like items within or near college property is not allowed. This regulation also applies to e-cigarettes. An “e-cigarette” is defined as an electronic device that provides a vapor of nicotine or other substance and which simulates smoking through its use. It is an oral device that is composed of a heat element and is manufactured, distributed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe or any other product name or descriptor. Use of chewing tobacco is also prohibited. Outdoor tobacco and vapor use on college property, including the residence halls, is expressly prohibited within twenty five (25) feet of any exterior doorway of any building except as follows: tobacco and vapor use is expressly prohibited within fifty (50) feet of the entrance to the main building located directly south of Rocky Mountain Hall I, and the entrances by the Children's Center. Ashtrays are located near all tobacco use signs (Policy 5420A).