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Researchers from UNC Family Medicine released a study showing that fewer cigarette butts are being found on college campuses since new policies banning tobacco use were adopted, suggesting that restricting tobacco use on school property effectively reduces smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.<\/p>\n

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The study, published online by the journal Tobacco Control<\/i>, was conducted as part of the North Carolina Tobacco-Free Colleges Initiative<\/a>, which includes smoking prevention policies that are in effect at 88 percent of colleges and universities across the state.<\/p>\n

Researchers from UNC\u2019s family medicine department compared 19 community college campuses across the state that had adopted one of three types of policies: 100 percent tobacco free; partial bans that limit smoking to designated areas or at least 15 feet from buildings; or no policies regarding smoking outdoors or secondhand smoke exposure (state law already bans smoking indoors).<\/p>\n

The study found that campuses with 100 percent tobacco-free campus policies had 77 percent less cigarette litter than campuses with no policy on smoking outdoors.<\/p>\n

Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, UNC professor of family medicine and director of the Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program was the study\u2019s senior author. Leah Ranney, PhD, associate director of the Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program, was a co-author. Joseph Lee, MPH, CPH, a current doctoral student in health behavior and health education at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, participated in the evaluation of the statewide tobacco-free initiative and was the study\u2019s lead author. Lee was a survey manager and social research specialist when the study was conducted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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