title: Adoption of an outdoor residential Hall smoking policy in a California public university: a case study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Because secondhand smoke is a public health concern, many colleges have adopted bans to ensure healthier environments. This study demonstrates how outdoor smoking policy change can be accomplished at a large public university.
  
  
  METHODS
  The participants were 1,537 students housed in residential communities at the University of California, Berkeley, who completed an online survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  A proposal for smoke-free residential communities that included student resident survey data was prepared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The survey data indicated that most students (77%) were bothered by secondhand smoke, and most (66%) favored smoke-free environments. The data were used to advocate for a change in the residential community smoking policy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The survey data and institutional comparisons played a key role in administrators' decision-making about campus smoking policy. Despite administrators' concerns about students' safety and freedom of choice, student-led advocacy was able to influence policy change.
authors.affiliation: Center for Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-7360, USA.
authors.forename: Trit
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fradkin
authors.forename: Joel M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moskowitz
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006798:Housing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012907:Smoking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D014495:Universities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution