With the new policy introduced to the students and staff, a problem arose; who will enforce the policy, and how will they decide to do so? In order to prevent any major issues to those directly affected by the policy change, the University has alluded that it is a “soft policy”, saying that violators can be reported to appropriate administrators (i.e. employee supervisor or student affairs). Those involved in maintaining the probity of the policy put their hope in the integrity of the faculty and student body to uphold and abide by the new policy rules. With that being said, the Master Planning Committee has also done their best to make an appropriate designated smoking area just north of Breiseth Hall for smokers to use that will provide shelter from the elements. If the smoking population amongst the student and staff refuse to be courteous to the new policy, Public Safety can become involved to remind smokers where an appropriate distance or location is to …show more content…
The culture of the surrounding area and trends of smoking within college students pose a problem that make it difficult for the university to change its culture of smoking. However, success stories like Widener University, allow for a semblance of hope that Wilkes University will be able to change the culture of smoking for the better, and possibly join the ranks of the campuses who took the leap to become 100% smoke-free