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Onondaga Community College to go smoke and tobacco free beginning Thursday

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Onondaga Community College will begin a weekend college program this August at its campus in the town of Onondaga. The program is “accelerated” to help students earn an associate degree in one year. Business administration.is the first degree program offered. (Eric Reinhardt / BJNN file photo)

ONONDAGA, N.Y. — The campus of Onondaga Community College (OCC) will become smoke and tobacco free as of this Thursday.

That means smoke, tobacco, electronic cigarette/electronic aerosol-delivery device use will be prohibited indoors and outdoors on the OCC campus, school said in a Monday news release.

OCC’s new smoke and tobacco free policy will also prohibit sales of tobacco and electronic cigarette/electronic aerosol-delivery device sales on campus. In addition, the college will not allow advertising, marketing, distribution, or promotion of tobacco or electronic cigarette/electronic aerosol-delivery device products on campus.

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Students and college employees will be able to access cessation treatment, including counseling and nicotine-replacement therapy on campus.

“Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in our country. We are dedicated to providing a safe and healthy learning environment for the entire campus community. Being smoke and tobacco free is a significant step in that direction,” OCC President Casey Crabill said in the release.

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