1.11 - Smoke and Tobacco-Free College Policy

Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to comply with the Kansas Indoor Clean Air Act (KSA 21-6109 through 21- 6116) and to assist in the creation of a healthy and comfortable environment for students, employees, visitors, and any other members of the Kansas City Kansas Community College ("KCKCC") community, inside or outside of KCKCC facilities.

Scope

This policy applies to all individuals on all KCKCC properties.

Definitions

Smoking - the act of drawing smoke or a vaporized substance into one’s mouth that has been ignited, combusted, or vaporized.

Smoking Products - include, but are not limited to, tobacco, cloves, all cigarette products (cigarettes, bidis, kreteks, e-cigarettes, etc.) and all smoke-producing devices (cigars, pipes, hookahs, etc.).

Tobacco - includes all types of tobacco products, smoked or not smoked, such as chewing tobacco.

College Property - all sites owned or leased by KCKCC including but not limited to facilities, grounds, and parking lots

Policy Statement

Kansas City Kansas Community College (“College” or “KCKCC”) prohibits smoking and the use of all smoking and tobacco products on College property. The use of all forms of chewing tobacco and snuff are prohibited at all times on a KCKCC property, including in all KCKCC buildings, parking lots, hotel rooms provided by the College, college vehicles, residence halls and their grounds, clinics, laboratories, classrooms, private offices, balconies, plazas, vestibules, loading docks, and on any other college property, as well as within close proximity to or causing the obstruction of any building entrance, covered walkway or ventilation system.

KCKCC prohibits any advertising, sale, or free sampling of tobacco and/or smoking products on College property and littering on college property with the remains of tobacco and smoking products or any other related waste product.