College Campuses
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The College Tobacco Prevention Coalition and its partners have made great strides in the past year. Not only have we expanded our reach into surrounding counties and campuses, but we have seen 100% tobacco free policy announcements at Greensboro College and Guilford Technical Community College. They will soon join Guilford County's first 100% tobacco free college campus: Bennett College for Women, offering protection for non-smokers and incentive for tobacco users to quit. One of our newest partners, Winston-Salem State University, has also implemented a comprehensive tobacco policy that began January 2008. Other campuses in Guilford County and surrounding areas are discussing strengthened tobacco use policy, and we hope to see something in place in the near future. A current list of policies and contact people will be posted soon! We applaud the great progress of our existing partners in Guilford County: Bennett College for Women, Greensboro College, Guilford College, Guilford Technical Community College, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and High Point University. Our newest partners beginning January 2008 include - from Forsyth County: Wake Forest University, Salem College, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina School of the Arts, Carolina Christian College, Forsyth Technical Community College; from Alamance County: Elon University and Alamance Community College; additions in Guilford County include: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, John Wesley College, and ECPI College of Technology; and our neighbors to the north and south: Rockingham Community College and Davidson County Community College.
(Left: "Tobacco Free" campus sign from Bennett College. Right: Map of college campuses; the red dots represent campuses of our full partners, while blue dots represent those of our collaborative partners) No doubt, the college demographic (18-24) has got to be one of the most scrutinized, surveyed and analyzed segments of the population. So since they've got us under the microscope anyway, is there anything that can be learned from the data? According to the 2005 Core Survey, 28.2% of college students indicated using tobacco (cigarettes, chew, or snuff) in the past 30 days. The good news is an even bigger percentage (71.8%) DON'T use tobacca! Even better, half of the current college smokers would like to quit. (TobaccoFreeU) If you are interested in learning more about our tobacco prevention efforts on one of these campuses, email Rebecca Rice or call 336-641-7768.
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Winston-Salem State University is one of the first to take advantage of new legislation which allows state universities to implement tobacco free zones within 100 feet of every building. 
Guilford College has smoke free dorms and is developing a new tobacco policy. 
Greensboro College will implement a 100% tobacco free policy in Fall 2008. It is in the company of Guilford Technical Community College (Fall 2008), High Point University (Fall 2008), and of course Bennett College: tobacco free since 2004. 
