The University of Oregon is tobacco free and will offer students, faculty and staff smoking cessation assistance during the transition. The UO is the first university in the Pac-12 to be smoke and tobacco free.
The new policy bans the use of all tobacco products on property owned or controlled by the UO, including its Eugene campus, the UO in Portland at the White Stag Block, the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charleston and the Pine Mountain Observatory near Bend. The change applies to buildings, athletic and entertainment facilities (both indoor and outdoor), sidewalks, roadways, parking lots and grounds. SMOKE FREE BOUNDARY 
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For the past two years, health and wellness professionals on campus have prepared for the transition with education campaigns and cessation support for users of tobacco products. In addition, faculty and staff were provided with support if they wished to stop using tobacco products. Support included free nicotine replacement products and cessation counseling, and will continue as the ban goes into effect.
“As I recently affirmed with the decision for all state facilities to become smoke free, tobacco use is an important public health issue in Oregon,” said Gov. John Kitzhaber. “I’m pleased that the University of Oregon is making important changes to make a healthier environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors.”
In addition to the public health benefits of becoming smoke and tobacco free, the change will mean less litter on campus. Each year, the University Health Center staff and peer health educators volunteer for cigarette butt clean-up efforts across the 295-acre campus and collect approximately 7,000 butts in a day, and more than 18,000 each year.
For more information, visit http://tobaccofree.uoregon.edu or call the Oregon Quit Line at 1-800-QUIT NOW (784-8669).