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FILE PHOTO: JINWOO CHONG/THE HOYA | In 2016, students voted in favor of a referendum that endorsed banning the use of tobacco and smoke products on campus.

University Commits to Smoke-Free Campus by 2020

By Myroslav and Amy Li April 26, 2019

Georgetown University is set to ban the use of tobacco products on campus in August 2020, more than two years after students voted in a student government referendum to create a smoke-free campus. Smoking...

EDITORIAL: Follow Through on Tobacco-Free

EDITORIAL: Follow Through on Tobacco-Free

By Editorial Board October 12, 2018

Georgetown University must follow through on promises it makes — especially when those promises are related to the health of its students and university community at large. Over the last two years,...

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The senate approved a studentwide referendum on making campus smoke-free, extending the nonsmoking areas across main campus.

GUSA Senate Approves Smoke-Free Referendum

By Paula Hong October 25, 2016

The main campus of Georgetown University took another step toward becoming smoke-free, as the Georgetown University Student Association senate voted 26-0 Sunday to hold a studentwide referendum in...

DC Considers Raising Tobacco Purchasing Age

By Grace Lobo October 25, 2016

The Washington, D.C. Council advanced a bill to raise the legal age of tobacco use in the District from 18 to 21 and limit its public use Oct. 11. Cities including Boston, Chicago and New York City...

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A student-led initiative, Smoke Free Georgetown has launched a Facebook page and petition to ask for a studentwide referendum on banning smoking on campus.

Group Seeks Smoke-Free Referendum

By William Zhu October 7, 2016

A new student-led group advocating for a smoke-free campus is petitioning the Georgetown University Student Association to hold a studentwide referendum on banning smoking on campus. Smoke Free...

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The university has convened a working group to examine a potential main campus smoking ban, which is already in place on the medical campus.

Smoking Ban Efforts Coalesce

By Ryan Thomas April 4, 2014

Students have created a petition to make the main campus of the university tobacco smoke free, coinciding with the convening of a nonsmoking campus working group March 25 regarding the university’s...

Peer Schools Seek to Curb Smoking; Georgetown Stalls

By Jacqueline Wangel February 11, 2011

About 500 campuses in the United States are now smoke-free, but Georgetown does not look to be joining their ranks in the near future. Yale University plans to survey faculty and students this month...

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