<p>Theres smoking on campus and the overwhelming majority of smokers are very courteous to non-smokers as far as trying to stand down-wind. However, they leave butts all over the benches. I’m not forgiving them, but we don’t have trashcans adjacent to the place I’m thinking.</p>
<p>““pursuit of happiness” maybe?”</p>
<p>Wrong document.</p>
<p>I don’t see smoking much on North Campus at Michigan. The only places I every see anyone smoke on North is near the entrance of EECS, DOW, CSE, and the Dude, and the first three are pretty rare. It’s pretty common to see people smoking right outside the Dude facing the diag though. </p>
<p>I don’t venture to central much, but I don’t see people smoking there much when I do.</p>
<p>Banning smoking on campus is great, but then again I’m not a smoker. Some people have a nicotine dependence which will be a big problem for them.</p>
<p>So what are you supposed to do if you live on campus? Walk 20 minutes just so you can smoke? Honestly, do you know how hard quitting smoking is? It’s a huge pressure that will really make it hard for people to concentrate on their studies - when I quit smoking my grades took a dive because I simply couldn’t concentrate. Furthermore a cigarette can help you focus as well.</p>
<p>Have designated smoking areas, put trash cans everywhere, make as many rules as you want. But completely banning smoking puts a lot of people in a really difficult position that could impact their academic careers pretty negatively.</p>
<p>^This. </p>
<p>Remember when people smoke, they are not out there to hurt you. It is your choosing to go around areas where you know there can be smoking involved. You can bring up the price of cigarettes, you can ban smoking in certain places, but you can’t take away the fact that some people have a dependence on this.</p>
<p>At UWashington, we have designated smoking areas. There are some people who walk into crowds and blows smoke out at everyone, which I don’t really like.</p>
<p>However, we don’t have much issues outside of that… I think. People get written up for smoking in the dorms and stuff, and if you get written up enough, you get kicked out.</p>
<p>I am not sure how our campus is planning the smoke free thing, especially with the dorms. </p>
<p>Usually people smoke right outside the doors most of the time at my university since Minnesota is cold like 60% of the year. But this week they randomly moved some benches away from the entrances out in the open away from the doors. It was quite a hint hint. Haha</p>
<p>It is worth mentioning, since MLD is specfically talking about Michigan, that we are an open campus and the smoking ban doesn’t count for sidewalks adjacent to public roads-- which run all through campus. You walk five minutes if that to find someplace to smoke. You can smoke in like 90% of the places you could smoke before.</p>
<p>Yes! And LOTS of it. Chain-smoking in between class is the most amazing thing one can do because one loves the nicotine high. UGH, I hate the pseudo hippies!</p>