Queen’s campus and properties went completely smoke-free on June 1, joining 82 other Canadian universities with smoke-free campuses. The ban applied to cigarettes, nicotine vaporizers, cigars or any product capable of being smoked.
In the policy, the University said it will facilitate the transition...
E-cigarettes like Juuls pose health concerns, but their popularity shouldn’t penalize the companies that created them.
Nicotine vaping has hit high school and university campuses in unprecedented numbers. It’s on countless Instagram pages glamorizing university party culture to vulnerable teens. The...
This year, Queen’s students Joseph Lee and Jennifer Dal Cin have been working with Leave the Pack Behind social change organization to pursue their vision of a smoke-free Ontario.
Leave the Pack Behind is a provincial tobacco control program that has provided young adults with smoking and quitting...
Banning smoking on university campuses may create more problems than it actually solves.
On Wednesday, McMaster University announced that their campus will become completely smoke-free starting in 2018. Cigarettes, marijuana, pipes, hookah, shisha, vapes, cigars and any other devices and substances...
Making campus smoke-free would alienate students who smoke, when what they really need is support and acceptance to help them quit.
On Oct. 20, AMS Assembly began with a presentation by a representative of the Ontario Public Health Unit about the possibility of making Queen’s a smoke-free campus....
When drinking alcohol is no longer enough, students might turn to smoking their drink of choice.
Smoking alcohol is a trend that’s gaining popularity among university students as a result of circulating YouTube tutorials claiming to provide a stronger and more immediate intoxication while consuming...