title: Going tobacco-free on 24 New York City university campuses: A public health agency's partnership with a large urban public university system.
abstract: The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene partnered with the nation's largest university system, the City University of New York (CUNY), to provide technical assistance and resources to support the development and implementation of a system-wide tobacco-free policy. This effort formed one component of Healthy CUNY-a larger initiative to support health promotion and disease prevention across the university system and resulted in the successful introduction of a system-wide tobacco-free policy on all CUNY campuses. Glassman et al (J Am Coll Health. 2011;59:764-768) published a blueprint for action related to tobacco policies that informed our work. This paper describes the policy development and implementation process and presents lessons learned from the perspective of the Health Department, as a practical case study to inform and support other health departments who may be supporting colleges and universities to become tobacco-free.
authors.affiliation: a NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygeine , Queens , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Marie P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Bresnahan
authors.affiliation: a NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygeine , Queens , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sacks
authors.affiliation: a NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygeine , Queens , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Shannon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Farley
authors.affiliation: a NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygeine , Queens , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Jenna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mandel-Ricci
authors.affiliation: b National Center for Tobacco , Springfield , Missouri , USA.
authors.forename: Ty
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.affiliation: c Central Office of Student Affairs, City University of New York , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Patti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lamberson
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D061845:Smoke-Free Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Capacity building, college health, health department, health promotion, tobacco control