<p>I know this sounds nitpicky, but since we live in New Orleans, I don’t want to assume things are the same in Alabama, much less Tuscaloosa.</p>
<p>They’ve passed a law here that smoking is not allowed in restaurants. Is there smoking allowed in restaurants in Tuscaloosa, as well as other parts of Alabama?</p>
<p>What about smoking allowed in the cafeteria, food court, or in dormitories on campus at Bama?</p>
<p>Want to make sure son can get a non smoking roommate, even if smoking is not allowed in dorms. Is there a preference sheet one fills out when applying for housing?</p>
<p>We sent in our housing deposit, but don’t remember if lifestyle preferences were asked.</p>
<p>Thanks for any input.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the restaurants (I think you can smoke at least outside of them), but smoking technically isn’t allowed in the dorms as it might start a fire. A lot of kids smoke outside of them though.</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s a specific preference on the housing form, but when your kid is filling out surveys (either the official one or the one on facebook) he/she can put down that they want a non smoker as a roommate. Keep in mind that anyone could become one since smoking is so prevalent here.</p>
<p>From the website: </p>
<p>*No Smoking Policy
The University of Alabama established a “No Smoking” policy in campus facilities on November 21, 1991 at the recommendation of The University of Alabama Health and Safety Committee. “No Smoking” signs have been posted in all University Facilities.
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<p>So, no smoking in cafeterias, buildings, etc. </p>
<p>When I’ve been on campus, I’ve occasionally seen some smokers outside some buildings. I could be wrong, but I don’t think a large proportion of kids smoke - at least in honors.</p>
<p>Since smoking is not allowed in buildings, I don’t think the question is asked in regards to suitemates, since technically it shouldn’t be an issue since it’s not allowed. However, no school can prevent all students who insist on breaking the rules.</p>
<p>My kids have never had suitemates that have smoked in the dorms.</p>
<p>We have a few smokers who smoke outside the dorms. Last time I checked, smoking is only allowed in restaurants that serve alcohol, and only after 10PM. Alabama has city by city smoking laws, so it gets confusing. I don’t smoke, but I seem to remember smoking being a question on one of the facebook roommate threads last year.</p>
<p>I am sooooo glad that I live in an area in California that has banned smoking EVERYwhere! And, that means in many places OUTSIDE; beaches, parks, certain city streets (the main street of downtown.) It’s been banned in buildings FOREVER! YES!!! :)</p>
<p>I can’t remember the last time I was in a restaurant that still had to ask “smoking or non-smoking.” I’d probably find some in the more rural areas.</p>
<p>Frankly, I’m always shocked to see how much midwesterners smoke. When we visit my in-laws in Hammond and South Bend, IN and the Chicago suburbs, it seems like nearly everyone smokes (thank goodness my in-laws don’t smoke. My MIL quit 35 years ago.). </p>
<p>In Calif and where I live now in northern Alabama, smoking has become almost a “class” thing. The upper and upper/middle class people rarely smoke, while the lower income groups are more likely to smoke.</p>