Whereas         President Corrigan, in August 2003, with full awareness of the dangers of smoking, issued the ban on the sale of tobacco products on the SFSU campus and increased the No Smoking areas in front of buildings to 30 feet, and

Whereas         Smoking continues to be a major source of death and disease in the United States, and

Whereas          Nicotine is known to be more addictive than heroin and alcohol, and

Whereas          Cigarette companies use all forms of advertising to addict young people to                                smoking, with the certainty that the sooner hooked, the longer a smoker, and

Whereas         Tobacco companies have targeted 18-25 year olds, gay men and lesbians,

                        women, and racial and ethnic minorities--- in other words, a vast majority of the  

                        SFSU community--- for advertising designed to entice and addict these groups, 

                        and

                   

Whereas         Second hand smoke has documented deleterious health effects on smokers

and non smokers—including teenagers and children—who are exposed to second hand smoke walking on pathways that traverse the campus, and

Whereas          The designation of 30 foot no smoking limits around campus buildings has not  

been effective in diminishing the amount of second hand smoke that non-smokers are exposed to while walking around campus and in and out of buildings, and

Whereas         Whereas the public safety personnel at SFSU are, of necessity, involved with

                        other tasks and reluctant to enforce the thirty foot limits, therefore be it

           Resolved        That, in the interests of the health and well being of non-smokers and smokers alike, the Student Affairs Committee of the Academic Senate strongly urges the President of San Francisco State University, Robert Corrigan, and the Academic Senate of SFSU to declare SFSU a smoke free campus and be it further

Resolved         That the University designate small, restricted and well marked areas, isolated

                        from frequent foot traffic, as legal smoking areas, and be it further

            Resolved         That the University seek to identify, support and develop education and health

                                     resources to inform the community of the effects of smoking and second hand smoke, and to support smoking cessation programs, and be it further

Resolved         That this resolution be communicated to the entire SFSU community.