Senator proposes new residential floor
Plans for an Asian floor in Birnkrant were addressed at the USG meeting Tuesday.
Tag Archive for: smoking
For a healthier student body, ban smoking
In light of proposed smoking restrictions, USC should adopt similar policies.
USC scientists receive grant to study effects of smoking
USC’s Keck School of Medicine was granted $20 million to research the use of tobacco.
Prop 29 acts as a lesson on voter scrutiny
Though the measure has good intentions, the details reveal an unwise use of taxpayer dollars.
Letter to the editor
USC must ban all smoking Though California boasts the second lowest rate of adult smokers in the nation and many American college campuses have banned smoking, USC is still bafflingly hesitant to issue an anti-smoking policy. USC should ban smoking on campus because it is unfair for non-smokers, who are the majority, to involuntarily breathe […]
Resolution calls for limits on smoking
The resolution requests clarification of the university’s current smoking policy.
Cigarette sales to California teens drop to record low
The results of the 2011 Youth Tobacco Purchase Survey released this Sept. 22 showed cigarette sales to minors have reached a new low in California. For the study, 15- and 16-year-old teens were hired to purchase cigarettes at a random sample of 800 tobacco retailers throughout the state. Only 5.6 percent of stores illegally sold […]
Smoking can affect students’ judgment
UCLA researchers found the prefrontal cortex is less active in adolescents who smoke.
FDA requires new, graphic cigarette advertising
Federal agencies hope to reduce the smoking rate by 12 percent by 2020.