title: Assessment of college and university campus tobacco-free policies in North Carolina.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a reliable and efficient method for assessing prevalence and strength of college/university tobacco-related policies.
  
  
  METHODS
  North Carolina (NC) public universities, community colleges, and private colleges/universities (N = 110).
  
  
  METHODS
  A census of policies using campus handbooks and Web sites was conducted in March 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rating tool is reliable and valid. Ninety-nine percent of NC college/university campuses are smoke-free in all indoor areas. The majority (94/110 [85%]) of colleges and universities regulate smoking and/or tobacco in some or all outdoor areas. Less than 20% of campuses had restrictions for industry marketing, promotion, and sales.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clean indoor air policies are present at all but 1 NC college/university campus, and a growing number have enacted broad outdoor limits to protect students, faculty, and staff from secondhand smoke. Policy census approaches across all other states would quantify the national tobacco-free college campus policy environment and facilitate adoption of tobacco-free campus policies.
authors.affiliation: Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. jose.lee@unc.edu
authors.forename: Joseph G L
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Adam O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Elizabeth G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Leah M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ranney
authors.forename: Ashlea M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Carver
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D016134:Organizational Policy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013334:Students / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D014495:Universities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution