The following procedure contributes to the fulfillment of this policy. The primary purpose of this UPPS is to establish policy guidelines regulating smoking at Southwest Texas State University. A secondary purpose of this UPPS is to convey that the policy is designed to ensure a healthy, safe, and aesthetically pleasing work, educational, and living environment. It is expected that smokers will voluntarily comply with the spirit and intent of this policy. The University also expects a good faith, common sense, and courteous approach by employees and students in resolving smoking conflicts within the requirements of this policy.
Smoking is permitted outside buildings in open areas.
For outdoor stadia such as Bobcat Stadium, smoking is permitted in designated smoking areas only. Smoking is expressly prohibited in seating areas. Smoking is permitted by artists or actors who participate in authorized performances which require smoking as part of artistic productions. Smoking may be permitted by participants in academic research projects involving smoke or the effects of smoking, if approved by the Institutional Review Board on Human Subjects and the Vice President for Academic Affairs. 03.02 Reasonable measures will be taken by appropriate management officials to protect the anonymity of the person reporting the smoking violation.