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Show DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDQ Smoking policy regulation left up to professors Editor: I was interested in your editorial in today's Chronicle (April 4th) and am taking the ESS So 2 CPy f " mem Whkh WaS S6nt t0 211 0f UnivTsHy facujj As my office receives complaints occasionally , we endeavor to contact the department andor aculy member involved and encourage their cooperation with respect to ft University policy of no smoking in classrooms and lecture halls There seems to be some, however, who apparently take delioht in u-1 u-1 think the extent to which it is enforced depends d t enfe W UDonTr ' of the faculty and other members of the instructional P cooperation When Alfred C. Emery was Provost he circulated the followine letter ahnt t a smoking in classrooms: '""owing letter about students "Some four years ago when I first joined the administration of the Universitv 0f1Ttah the smoking regulations on the campus were unusually strict n L V tah' reexamine them. At that time the administiatior witf tt Md We quested to established a new policy that in our judgS libe ? significant restrictions on smoking on the campus. The first of these rP,Cyt.placed two those areas in which, in the judgment of the fire mzlhT , rtnctions was in serious fire hazard. The rJJVml. both appropriate and reasonable "d restnction appeared The second restriction p.aced upon smoking was to prohibi fa lllp auditoriums and similar areas. The reason for this restriction was that studentsac-, attending functions in this area are in a sense a captive audience and those , required to attend these functions and who do not smoke, and indeed offensive, should not be subjected to this irritation when they were required ic and participate in the class or other function. At the time these new regular approved, I assured the regents and others in the administration tliat enforcerwr regulations would not be a problem since I was sure that all members of te1-community te1-community would abide by them voluntarily. It would appear that I was somewhat over-optimistic. I have recently recent-complaints recent-complaints concerning violations of the regulations covering smoking on the significant number of students have advised me that smoking in the classroom a frequent occurrence and indeed in the last instance I have been asked to take m-to m-to the Board with the request that the whole problem of smoking on the reexamined. In addition, I recently received a letter from a member ol,' representing several of his colleagues, objecting to the" smoking in W Budding, notwithstanding that "No Smoking" signs had been posted toM' building. It is the considered opinion of these members and the Building an Department that smoking in this building constitutes a serious fire iff result in a tragedy, endangering life and priceless biological collections thaW-life thaW-life s work of several of our colleagues. I would like to take this opportunity to call the smoking regulations toyou -y and reqUeSt that you abide by them. While I am not unsympathetic to th "deed I do smoke, I do not believe mat these regulations impose an und thos of us who do smoke and believe we should recognize the feel vo i nn If T bdieVe ons are unreasonable, I will be J recon lSUCh time 28 are Ranged, however, I will app" " recogmze their existence and abide by them." |