SMOKING ON CAMPUS

A SMOKING ZONE

SMOKING AREAS ON CAMPUS

• OUR GOAL WAS TO SURVEY OUR PEERS IN ORDER TO DISCOVER THE EFFECTS OF THE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED SMOKING BAN ON CAMPUS

• WE WANTED TO LEARN THROUGH OUR SURVEY IF CREATING DESIGNATED SMOKING AREAS ON CAMPUS WAS SOMETHING THE STUDENTS WOULD SUPPORT

OUR POSITION• WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS UNJUST TO

HAVE OUR SMOKING PRIVILEGES UNREMITTINGLY REVOKED

• WE BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE DESIGNATED SMOKING AREAS ON CAMPUS

• WE WANTED TO KNOW IF OUR PEERS AGREED

WHOM WE POLLED

• WE SURVEYED 20 PEOPLE

• ALL 20 WERE STUDENTS AT ASU

• 19 OF THOSE SURVEYED ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 22

BREAKING DOWN THE

SURVEY

• WE ASKED TWELVE QUESTIONS

• FIVE QUESTIONS DEALT WITH DEMOGRAPHICS

• WE ASKED IF THE RESPONDENT IDENTIFIED AS A SMOKER

• WE ASKED IF THEY AGREED WITH THE BAN

• WE ASKED IF THEY WOULD SUPPORT SMOKING AREAS ON CAMPUS

• WE ASKED WHERE THEY THOUGHT THESE SMOKING AREAS SHOULD BE

THE OBJECTIVE OF OUR SURVEY WAS TO DISCOVER HOW STUDENTS FELT ABOUT THE RECENT BAN ON SMOKING. WE ALSO WANTED TO KNOW WHO IDENTIFIED AS A SMOKER AND WHO AGREED WITH ESTABLISHING DESIGNATED SMOKING AREAS.

BREAKING DOWN THE DEMOGRAPHICS

Participant Gender

female male

Ethnicity Identity

Caucasian Hispanic African American Native American

BREAKING DOWN THE RESULTS

Who Smokes

Smoker Occasional SmokerNon-Smoker Just Quit

WHO AGREED WITH THE BAN?

SMOKERNOBODY IDENTIFIED AS A

REGULAR SMOKER.

OCCASIONAL SMOKER

OF THOSE WHO IDENTIFIED AS AN OCCASIONAL SMOKER, ONLY 2 SAID THEY DID NOT AGREE WITH THE BAN, THE OTHER 4 SAID THAT THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE BAN.

NON-SMOKEROF THOSE WHO IDENTIFIED AS A NON-SMOKER, 3 SAID THEY DID NOT AGREE WITH THE BAN, 7 SAID THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE BAN, AND 1 SAID THEY DID NOT CARE EITHER WAY.

WOULD YOU SUPPORT

IMPLEMENTING SMOKING AREAS?

WHEN ASKED IF THEY WOULD SUPPORT SMOKING AREAS, ONLY 5 PEOPLE IN THE CLASS SAID NO.

10 PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT THESE AREAS.

THE OTHER 5 SAID THEY WERE EITHER INDIFFERENT OR MILDLY SUPPORTIVE.

WHERE SHOULD THESE AREAS BE?

Which Buildings?

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

Outside of which buildings should there be smoking areas?

None Every Some

HAS THE BAN MADE A DIFFERENCE?• 6 OUT OF 20 PARTICIPANTS CLAIM THE BAN HAS MADE NO DIFFERENCE AND

SMOKING IS STILL PRESENT ON CAMPUS

• 11 OUT OF 20 PARTICIPANTS SAY THEY STILL SEE SMOKING ON CAMPUS, BUT IT HAS DECREASED

• ONLY 3 PARTICIPANTS SAY THERE IS NO LONGER THE PRESENCE OF SMOKING ON CAMPUS

SO NOW WHAT………

CONCLUSIONTHE DATA WAS AMBIGUOUS. THE RESULTS OF OUR SURVEY SHOW NO TRUE CORRELATION BETWEEN THOSE WHO SMOKE AND THOSE WHO AGREE WITH THE BAN. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE SURVEYED DID SAY THEY WOULD AGREE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SMOKING ZONES ON CAMPUS. TO MOST RESPONDENTS, THERE APPEARS TO BE NO REMARKABLE DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF SMOKERS SEEN ON CAMPUS. THEREFORE WE ARGUE THAT INSTALLING DESIGNATED SMOKING AREAS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CAMPUS. NOT ONLY WOULD IT PROVIDE THOSE WHO SMOKE A PLACE FOR REPOSE, BUT IT WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SMOKING IN COMMONLY TRAFFICKED AREAS BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO GO.