KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Web site: www.kysu.edu
October 2013
The U.S. Surgeon General's office has long reported that exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke and use of tobacco are significant health hazards, causing strokes, emphysema, lung, throat, mouth, bladder, cervical, stomach, and kidney cancer. More women today get lung cancer than breast cancer. Smoking causes problems during pregnancy, and babies born into homes where the adults smoke have more health problems and greater mortality rates than those born into non-smoking homes to non-smoking parents.
In the interest in promoting a healthy environment for students, faculty and staff, visitors, and vendors, Kentucky State University (KSU) became tobacco free on October 1, 2013! All forms of tobacco, including lighted smoking instruments of any kind, all smokeless tobacco products, and e-cigarettes, are prohibited on all campus grounds, in parking lots (including in private automobiles on KSU grounds), in buildings, KSU-owned vehicles, and at all University events. Read the full policy on KSU's Human Resources web page. If you need help stopping smoking or tobacco use, there are several resources available to assist.
Dr. Kristopher Grimes and nurse Phyllis Rogers of the College of Agriculture Food Sciences and Sustainable Systems will offer free smoking cessation classes on campus this year. Frankfort Regional Medical Center and the Franklin County Health Department will also provide classes in the community. These classes will be announced in campus email when scheduled.
The Little Clinic in Kroger on Frankfort's west side provides individualized programs as well. Address: 1309 U.S. 127 Frankfort, KY 40601 Phone: (502) 875-6390
Address: I309 U.S. 127 Frankfort, KY 40601 Phone: (502) 875-6390
Hours:
Monday—Thursday 8:00 am—8:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am—5:00 pm Sunday 10:30 am—5:00 pm
Sunday 10:30 am—5:00 pm
For covered employees and dependents, UHC offers Simply Engaged Health Coaches who can assist with those who want to stop smoking. The Simply Engaged program offers a $75 reward for participating.
UHC also offers an online smoking cessation program, a health discount program that allows 10-25% off services and products to support smoking cessation and to develop a healthy lifestyle.
KSU will officially kickoff the tobacco free campus initiative in conjunction with the employee health fair on October 21, 2013 from 10:00 am—4:00 pm in the Carl M. Hill Student Center fourth floor ballroom.