smoking ban

New York City health commissioner discusses public health policy with students

Health Commissioner Thomas Farley told the Fundamentals of Global Health class that he wanted to “talk about the way in which we think about public health in New York City.”

By Emily Neil | Apr 10 01:53 am ET

Admin talks smoking ban at CCSC meeting

Vice President of Student and Administrative Services Scott Wright discussed issues ranging from enforcement of the University’s partial smoking ban to alcohol storage.

By Ben Gittelson | Feb 13 02:04 am ET

Smoking ban referred to committee at last USenate of 2011

USenator and Business School professor Mark Cohen had indicated for several months that he would seek a senate vote to ban smoking this semester, but on Friday, Cohen changed course.

By Sammy Roth | Dec 5 02:15 am ET

USenate vote on full smoking ban may not happen until 2012

After a procedural snag and rescheduling of the November plenary, discussion of the ban might continue into next semester.

By Yasmin Gagne | Nov 16 01:29 am ET

Smoking ban proponent to push for University-wide ban

University senator Mark Cohen said that administrators had encouraged him to frame the full smoking ban as affecting the entire University, not just the Morningside campus.

By Sammy Roth | Oct 14 11:16 pm ET

Full smoking ban vote likely to see delay

The 40 people in attendance at University Senate town hall discussing the current 20-foot smoking ban and the potential full-campus ban stuck to their positions despite the discussion.

By Yasmin Gagne and Luke Barnes | Oct 11 04:29 am ET

Blowing smoke

There are many topics more worthy of deliberation than the smoking ban.

By Editorial Board | Oct 9 11:02 pm ET

Smoking ban enforcement questioned before town hall debate

The University Senate is set to debate a full-campus smoking ban, but some senators are questioning whether the more limited current ban is working.

By Yasmin Gagne | Oct 6 03:25 am ET

USenate to host a town hall on smoking ban

The University Senate's first general meeting was dominated by discussion of a Morningside campus-wide smoking ban, eliciting widely differing reactions and prompting plans for a town hall discussion.

By Sammy Roth | Sep 24 11:49 am ET

Barnard announces total campus smoking ban

The ban will do away with the campus' two smoking zones, and include all Barnard residence halls, academic and administrative buildings.

By Karla Jimenez and Abby Mitchell | Mar 2 02:00 am ET

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