While Youngstown State University currently permits smoking in some areas, Kent State University recently began the process of creating a tobacco-free campus. Kent State could be tobacco-free as of July 2017, banning the use of all tobacco products including electronic cigarettes and chewing tobacco. Chelsea Kennedy, a senator on Kent State’s Student Government Association, drafted a tobacco-free campus resolution that was passed by SGA. The university will vote on the resolution in May. “Tobacco free focuses on the health and well being of everyone on campus where the smoke-free policy focuses more on the individual and secondhand smoke effects,” Kennedy said. Kent State currently has a... [Read more]