Lindsee Bawahab does not plan to quit smoking anytime soon.
Even though a new tobacco-free policy ban will go in effect on campus today, Bawahab said she still plans to go through half a pack every day, maybe even a pack a day during midterms and finals season.

Have you noticed all the outdoor ash cans around campus that have been wrapped with a poster offering smoking/tobacco cessation support services at the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center (and through the Occupational Health Facility for staff and faculty)?

\With the implementation of UCLA’s tobacco-free policy right around the corner, the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center is increasing and promoting on-campus resources for those trying to quit smoking.

That’s why it’s sad to see UCLA reversing the trend of increasing freedom by banning tobacco products from campus.

UCLA’s tobacco-free policy isn’t about restricting individual choice. It’s about saving lives.

As part of a broader push by campus administration to become the “healthiest college campus in the country,” UCLA will become a tobacco-free campus on Earth Day, April 22, 2013, according to an email sent by Chancellor Gene Block to the UCLA community last week.

UCLA will adopt a tobacco-free policy starting in April ““ a move that has garnered mixed reviews from the UCLA community.

All University of California facilities will be required to go tobacco-free beginning in 2014, according to a letter UC President Mark Yudof sent to UC chancellors on Monday.

The newly announced ban extends to the sale and advertisement of tobacco on campus.