Smoking Policy
Campuswide smoking regulations are not intended to deny smokers their prerogatives, but rather to limit the potential adverse effects of smoking on others. The Boulder Campus Smoking Policy states:
- There will be no smoking or sale of tobacco products in any Boulder
campus-owned or leased building, except as provided below. This includes
hallways, classrooms, offices, restrooms, meeting rooms, lobbies, elevators,
shops, cafeterias, snack bars, waiting rooms, indoor or open-air athletic
facilities and performance halls, and all other spaces in university-owned
or leased buildings. There also will be no smoking in campus-owned or
leased vehicles.
- Smoking may be permitted in accordance with the policies of Boulder
Campus Housing Administration in buildings providing overnight accommodations.
Boulder Campus Housing Administration will provide information regarding
its policies to all housing residents and guests.
- Smoking is not permitted in the seating areas of Folsom Stadium and
the Mary Rippon Theatre and their contiguous buildings. Designated smoking
zones have been created in well-ventilated areas outside the seating
areas.
- Smoking and the sale of tobacco products may be permitted in designated
food-service areas and lounges in accordance with the policies of that
facility. Designated smoking areas must be well posted and have adequate
ventilation and separation for nonsmokers. Designated smoking areas
must be reviewed and approved by the Department of Environmental Health
and Safety (EH&S). Any disputes regarding the recommendations of
EH&S will be referred to the vice chancellor for administration
for resolution.
- Smoking may be permitted in laboratories conducting sponsored research
on the effects of smoking. Designated laboratories must be well posted
and have adequate ventilation and separation for nonsmokers. Designated
labs must be reviewed and approved by the Department of Environmental
Health and Safety (EH&S). Any disputes regarding the recommendations
of EH&S will be referred to the vice chancellor for administration
for resolution.
- Smoking areas are permitted outside university facilities provided
that these areas are located far enough away from doorways, windows,
and ventilation systems to prevent smoke from entering enclosed buildings
and facilities. Check with Environmental Health and Safety for details.
- Signs posted at all building entrances shall state that smoking is
prohibited in the building.
- Smokers and nonsmokers need to remain courteous to each other. Since
smokers can no longer smoke while working, they may want to take 'smoke
breaks.' As long as absences from their work fall within applicable
work-break policies, accommodations should be made by supervisors and
colleagues. Smokers are reminded that a wish to smoke is not a sufficient
reason to be gone from their workplace in excess of the standard work-break
policies.
- All members of the university community are responsible for compliance with this policy. Violations of this policy by university employees will be referred first to the violator, then, if agreement cannot be reached, the violation should be reported to the appropriate appointing or supervisory authority for resolution.