BCCC Adds Electronic Cigarettes To Tobacco-Free Policy | Eastern North Carolina Now

    The Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees earlier this month expanded its tobacco-free policy to include electronic cigarettes and other electronic delivery systems in its campus-wide tobacco ban.

    "Beaufort County Community College is committed to providing its employees and students with a safe and healthful environment," said BCCC President Barbara Tansey. "The new policy, added to the existing smoking and tobacco free campus policy recognizes the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes on campus grounds is detrimental to the health and safety of students."

    The prohibition on electronic cigarettes and similar devices is effective immediately and applies not only to BCCC students and employees but also visitors to the campus.

    In 2010, the BCCC Board of Trustees enacted a campus-wide ban on smoking and the use of other tobacco products following a study of on campus smoking and tobacco use.

    Under the policy, the use of electronic cigarettes and all tobacco products is prohibited in all campus buildings and vehicles on campus grounds, and property owned by the college, and at all events held on the college campus.

    It stipulates that visitors who repeatedly violate the policy will be asked to leave the campus and calls for various sanctions against students, staff, and faculty members who violate the policy.

    Signs designating BCCC as a tobacco-free campus are placed at all campus entrances.

    For more information about the policy, contact Vice President of Student Services Rick Anderson at 252-940-6417 or by email at ricka@beaufortccc.edu.

    Beaufort County Community College is a public comprehensive community college committed to accessible and affordable quality education, effective teaching, relevant training, and lifelong learning opportunities for the people served by the College.