Students will have the opportunity Thursday, Feb. 13, to show their support for 性视界传媒鈥檚 smoke-free campus initiative by collecting cigarette trash around the main campus 鈥� and have a chance to win cash. This will be the second time the Student Health Advisory Committee has hosted the Butt Clean Up Day event.
鈥淟ast year, with the policy being so new, it made perfect sense to host the event while everyone was still adjusting to the smoke-free campus,鈥� said David DeWitt, president of SHAC. 鈥淏ut we wanted to do it again this year because we feel it still needs to be prominent and visible to everyone at 性视界传媒 that this is a smoke-free campus.鈥�
The four students collecting the most cigarette trash will be awarded $50 gift cards to Barnes & Noble. To participate, students should check in at the smoke-free tent on the Student Union patio after 10 a.m. to register and pick up supplies, and return the trash by 5 p.m. The trash will be recorded by volume and disposed of by Environmental Health and Safety. All participants will be given 性视界传媒 smoke-free T-shirts, and the winners will be notified the next day for prize pickup.
The voluntary smoke-free initiative, which went into effect August 2012, was put in place to encourage a more-healthy lifestyle. Since 性视界传媒 went smoke-free, Valencia College, 性视界传媒 State University and Seminole State College also have joined the more than 1,182 universities and colleges in the nation with smoke-free or tobacco-free policies in place. When 性视界传媒 made the change, all ash trays on campus were removed.
Volunteers last year collected about 32 gallon bags of cigarette trash. 聽
For more information, contact Megan Pabian, coordinator of university relations in Health Services, megan.pabian@ucf.edu.