According to a recent survey of 133 faculty members on campus about smoking, 50 respondents said that smoking should be completely banned from campus and 43 respondents said that there should be designated smoking areas. 

Smoking on campus may face stricter restrictions, said Christina Gold, president of the Academic Senate, during a recent Academic Senate meeting held.

“We will be sending out surveys to all faculty members in regards to smoking on campus,” Gold said.

Gold added that the issue has been raised at two meetings so far, and plans to make a change in current policy are in the works. Currently students must be 20 feet away from a building, doors and windows when smoking.

“I feel that we should have designated smoking areas on campus,” Jose Contreas, 19, fire science major, said. “I personally hate walking around campus walking into someone’s smoke.” 

Two student surveys have been done and compared, resulting in students in favor to having additional restrictions on smoking.