Breaking news! After a painstaking investigation, the USenate’s task force on smoking policy reported its findings on the current state of the infamous “no smoking within 20 feet” rule: apparently, it is in utter disrepair.
Yes, shockingly, two years after its ratification, smokers continue to flaunt university policy with naked disregard for convention and rule of law. Need proof? Just poke your head outside of Butler.
Members of the task force recommended “multimedia campaigns” and other forms of “ongoing reinforcement” in order to promote enforcement of the current policy. They also called for “enhanced signage”--- which I imagine would look something like the LED-signs on halal carts.
In today’s paper, Elisa Quiroz reports on the task force’s findings:
The task force found that cigarette butts “were frequently present” within a few feet of the entrances to several buildings, and that very few buildings had any “no smoking” signs posted.
“We concluded that the ‘no smoking within 20 feet of buildings’ policy is poorly implemented across the Morningside campus and not at all implemented at the Lamont campus,” the task force wrote in its report.
"Poorly implemented" is an understatement. A few reasons why smokers, in their own words, will continue to smoke outside of Butler, after the jump:
