tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478031535965214088.post4245746331039390116..comments2023-03-01T00:31:59.807-05:00Comments on Trident Times: Disconnect the Smoke Alarmtkm @ ttchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066962303846857539noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478031535965214088.post-58699031503341094812012-05-09T11:13:25.192-04:002012-05-09T11:13:25.192-04:00I'm faculty, and pregnant. Second hand smoke i...I'm faculty, and pregnant. Second hand smoke increases the chances of a still born by 23%. Every day I have to walk though clouds of second hand smoke to get to my classrooms. There is already a state law prohibiting smokers from lighting up within 25 feet of the entrance of a state building. All of our buildings on campus are state buildings. It is simply not enforced. Especially with ashtrays and benches perched at the doorways of the buildings. Every day that I teach, I have to hold my breath to walk into a building. Otherwise smokers could be potentially killing my baby by breathing that contaminated air. I hate having to redirect, or hold my breath just to safely enter a building. I hate that smokers think "outside" means the carcinogens immediately evaporate into the air. I hate that I am subjected to cancer at my workplace with no regard. I don't care if a smoker wants to inhale and exhale cancer. But, I do care that I don't get a choice in the matter.Carley Augustine Graphic Design blogspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04225055553164133044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478031535965214088.post-31522597203429124682012-05-02T11:52:10.661-04:002012-05-02T11:52:10.661-04:00kdnsldmflsdnflsnfd f vlosw ow vow ov owv sdvskd;lv...kdnsldmflsdnflsnfd f vlosw ow vow ov owv sdvskd;lv s v;ls dvsl vAmy Hudockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551299650328760549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478031535965214088.post-38421189657258083422012-04-12T10:55:37.611-04:002012-04-12T10:55:37.611-04:00Thank you for a balanced perspective on an inflamm...Thank you for a balanced perspective on an inflammatory issue (pun intended). We are regulated to death. At what point will we, as individuals, be willing to monitor and be accountable for our own behavior? The last thing we need is another regulation to enforce and the expense of personnel to enforce it. Tuition is high enough. We do have campus crime -- real crime, such as theft. We're adults. Let's act that way. (And if we are going to expand policy-driven enforcement of offensive personal behavior, let's don't limit it to smoking and tobacco. Let's talk about obesity (think overcrowded and worn-out facilities), personal hygiene (think public health), and fraud (think students who are here only for the government check, with no intention of completing a degree).Paying Attentionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17594469257422248102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478031535965214088.post-68082265992175960042012-04-12T08:19:12.326-04:002012-04-12T08:19:12.326-04:00As of now all tobacco products are prohibited insi...As of now all tobacco products are prohibited inside buildings, so if someone is using smokeless tobacco in class that is prohibited,also. The smokers do not smoke in the designated areas which have ashtrays and that is where the problems lie. Unless they begin policing themselves then non-smokers will have no sympathy about banning it campus-wide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com