The ASASUD Senate unanimously passed a resolution Friday to support the smoke-free campus initiative on the Downtown campus.
Before the unanimous approval, the senators discussed the resolution for much of the meeting before reviewing it line by line and amending the document several times.
Sophomore Sen. Amanda Cram, of the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, presented the resolution and said it is only to show support of the idea of a smoke-free campus; it is not the actual governing document.
“We’re supporting the smoke-free campus, the idea of it, but when it goes to administration and they’re developing the policy (this resolution ensures) that they’re including that it has to be safe,” she said. “We’re going to say ‘This needs to be safe for Taylor Place students.’”
Junior Sen. Cameron Polom, of the Walter Cronkite School, who smokes, said he supports the initiative because he said he thinks it will help him and other smokers that are trying to quit.
“As one of those people who doesn’t want to smoke, it would be preventative for me and I do support it,” he said.
Before the amendments, sophomore Sen. Dustin Volz, of Barrett, the Honors College, said he liked the idea of the smoke-free campus initiative but had issues with some of the language in the resolution because the Downtown campus is immersed within the city of Phoenix.
“I think this creates issues because I don’t know how enforceable it is, I don’t know how fair it is and I don’t know how safe it is,” he said. “Those Taylor Place residents, what are they going to do late at night when they need to go smoke?”
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