Preview- Buono’s Dorm Smoking Ban, Other Key Senate Bills Up In Assembly Monday

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senators Barbara Buono and Fred H. Madden that would require students at New Jerseys colleges and universities to go outside to light up their cigarettes was signed into law today by Governor Richard J. Codey.

“College students will be able to breathe easier this fall, both from the cleaner air in their rooms and the knowledge that one more safety hazard has been reduced,” said Senator Barbara Buono, D-Middlesex. “Students at our public colleges and universities should realize that while they have the right to choose to smoke and chance the risks that come along with it, they don’t have the right to make those choices for their neighbors. This law will drastically reducing the chance of a dorm fire and diminish exposure to second-hand smoke.”

TRENTON – Students at New Jersey’s public colleges and universities would have to go outside to light up their cigarettes under a bill sponsored by Senator Barbara Buono and passed by the Senate today.

“It is an unfortunate fact that smoking is on the rise among college students – a fact that has an impact on all students living in our dormitories, whether they smoke or not,” said Senator Buono, D-Middlesex. “College students need to realize when you live in a dormitory, smoking doesn’t just impact the health of the smoker. Smoking inside dorm rooms dramatically increases the chance of a serious fire and exposes all students in that dorm to second-hand smoke. Students who choose not to smoke should not have to deal with these risks.”

TRENTON – The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee approved a measure by Senator Barbara Buono that would ban smoking in dorm rooms at all public universities and colleges throughout the state.

“Despite our efforts to education the youth of New Jersey to the dangers of tobacco, smoking is on the rise among college students,” With the growth of smoking among college students, we need to take a serious look at how smoking affects the college population in general,” said Senator Buono, D- Middlesex. “College students need to realize, when you are living in a dormitory, smoking doesn’t just impact the health of the smoker. Smoking poses a serious fire hazard and health risk to all residents in that dorm, both smoking and non-smoking. Students who choose not to smoke should not have to deal with these risks

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senator Barbara Buono that would require students at New Jersey’s public colleges and universities to go outside to light up their cigarettes received final legislative approval as it passed the Assembly today.

“Allowing students to smoke inside of dorm buildings is an unacceptable health risk,”said Senator Buono, D-Middlesex. “Not only does smoking dramatically increase the potential for a serious fire, but it also exposed non-smoking classmates to the dangers of second-hand smoke. College students need to realize when you live in a dormitory, your actions affect your neighbors as much as they affect you. Students who choose not to smoke should not have to deal with these risks.”