project we are researching the Smoking Ban on the Texas State University campus.
Texas State University became a
tobacco-free campus in August 2011, due to the harmful effects second-hand smoke
can have on students and faculty. Dr. Emilio Carranco, director of Texas
State’s student health center and senior reviewer for the tobacco policy, found
new research conducted from 2005-2010 that showed second-hand smoke had more
serious effects than originally thought. Carranco and other reviewers decided
the policy needed to be revised to prohibit all tobacco use, leading us to the
policy we now follow. With the policy in effect for three years, the university
has seen a decrease in smoking but is now looking to revise the policy to
include disciplinary action for violators. Texas State has a variety of
resources to help people quit smoking but violators still persists and people
can still be seen smoking on campus.
With the ultimate goal of putting an end
to smoking on campus and promoting a healthy lifestyle for students and faculty
researchers pose the following question: How successful, in accomplishing its
goals, has the smoking ban been? In seeking to answer this question researchers
find that an exploratory design is best for approaching the central question,
as well as additional research questions, without bias and with emphasis on
inclusion of all information including that which may not have been previously
considered.
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