Supporting a Smoke-Free Campus
Smoke-Free Videos
Quit Smoking Video
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Smoke-Free Campus Documentary
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August 2009 UB went completely smoke-free. This 8 minute documentary shows how the first year of the policy positively changed the UB community.
Tobacco Cessation Services at UB
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Cigarette Pick-up Event
Student volunteers bring awareness to the environmental impact of tobacco waste.
The University at Buffalo is a completely smoke-free campus. Smoking is prohibited everywhere on UB’s campus, at off-site UB locations and in university-owned vehicles. This applies to UB students, employees, and visitors. Please support our mission to make our environment as clean and healthy as possible.
Steve Wolff quit chewing tobacco and cigarettes at the start of the Fall 2010 semester by visiting the Quit Clinic. He has been smoke-free for more than a year!
Quit Smoking Walk-In Clinics
Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays, 11 a.m - 2 p.m.
114 Student Union
Quit Coaches will assist you to...
- Make a plan to quit smoking or get support to stay quit
- Learn how to cope with stress and your personal smoking triggers
- Talk about nicotine withdrawal and receive your first supply of FREE nicotine patches/gum/lozenges
- Provide you additional supplies of patches/gum/lozenges after a smoking cessation check-in session
We know it may take several quit attempts to quit for good and we want to share the tools to help you succeed!
View or print flyer: PDF (436KB) | Word (24KB)
Personal Quit Coach Program
- Offers the support of a personal Quit Coach to follow-through on the tough days
- Meet on your own time in a place that is convenient for you (coffee shop, library, SU, etc.)
- Get help with challenges like smoking triggers, nicotine withdrawal, stress management and the side effects of NRT
- Available for students, faculty or staff
For more information on this free 3-month program, please read the Quit Coach Program description: PDF (123KB) | Word (675KB)
To enroll in the Quit Coach Program, please complete the Quit Coach Application form (PDF (185KB) | Word (33KB)) and fax in to the School of Pharmacy as directed on the form.
Reasons over 500 Higher Education Institutions have Smoke-free Policies
Human impact
If you smell tobacco smoke, you are breathing in cancer-causing chemicals. Smoke-free campuses are healthier for everyone, including people with asthma and other respiratory problems.
Environmental impact
Cigarette butts contain all the carcinogens and nicotine that make tobacco use the leading cause of preventable death worldwide, yet trillions of butts are littered into our environment annually. Each cigarette takes 25 years to decompose.
The tobacco industry heavily targets college students
Big tobacco spends 41 million dollars per day promoting their products. The tobacco industry relies on young people initiating use of tobacco in order to replace the 430,000 tobacco users who die each year from tobacco-related causes. We want to prevent UB students from becoming daily addicted smokers.
We're a smoke-free campus, pass it on...
- 72% of UB students have never used cigarettes, and only 4% of students smoke on a daily basis (NCHA, 2010)
- 80% of UB students prefer to date someone who doesn’t smoke (myUB Survey, 2010)
- 92% of UB students disapprove of smokers throwing their cigarette butts on the ground (myUB Survey 2010)
Becoming a smoke-free campus doesn’t happen overnight. The simple reason for our policy is respect for each other and the environment. Help us spread the word when you see someone smoking or littering cigarette butts.
Additional Resources
- UBreathe Free policy/website
- New York State Smokers' Quitline
- Tobacco on Campus
, 2006 report from the American Lung Association
- Tobacco and LGBT Youth
After clicking the link, you will need to scroll down past the white space; 2002 American Journal of Public Health
- Printable Flyers: