List of smoke-free colleges and universities

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This is a list of colleges and universities identified as having smoke-free campus policies. They are those institutions of higher learning that have entirely prohibited smoking on campus, including all indoor areas and the majority of outdoor grounds. Campuses that allow smoking only in very remote outdoor areas are marked with an asterisk. The list does not include those schools with designated smoking areas near buildings or walkways. The list also includes those institutions that have enacted such policies and whose date of implementation is pending. This list is not exhaustive, and campus policies may change over time. [1] [2]

Contents

Institutions choose to ban smoking for various reasons, many related to college health goals.

According to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, as of 1 July 2025, there were at least 2,581 U.S. and tribal college and university campus sites with 100% smokefree policies. Of the sites included in those policies, 2,166 were 100% tobacco-free, 2,271 prohibited the use of e-cigarette, 1,226 prohibited the use of hookah, 602 prohibited marijuana smoking or vaping, and 651 also included prohibiting smoking in personal vehicles located on campus in the policy rules. [3]

Asia

China

Hong Kong

The law in Hong Kong requires that all schools, universities, post secondary colleges, technical colleges, and technical institutes, industrial training centres or skill centres, colleges for higher educations are classified as non-smoking areas, which are strictly prohibited by law, enforcements and penalties. [4] The no smoking area in the above school areas include all outdoor and indoor perimeters, which are included but not limited to the following institutions,

Indonesia

Macau

Philippines

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Africa

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Europe

Finland

France

The Netherlands

Ireland

Italy

Holy See

United Kingdom

Note: The aforementioned institutions are implementing on the policy in fact.[ clarification needed ] Other than that there have been a number of universities carrying out non-smoking policy but without actual enforcement.

Turkey

Americas

Smoke-free or tobacco-free campus policies in the Americas vary across countries and jurisdictions, reflecting differences in institutional decisions, legal requirements, and national tobacco-control frameworks. In some areas, colleges and universities adopt such policies voluntarily, while in others they are shaped by states, provincial, or federal legislation. [46] [47] [48]

Canada

Many Canadian universities and colleges have implemented campus-wide smoke-free or tobacco-free policies as part of institutional health and environmental measures. [49] According to a national status report published by the Canadian Cancer Society, at least 100 post-secondary campuses across the country had implemented 100% smoke-free policies as of 13 August 2022, with many also prohibiting vaping, hookah use and the smoking or vaping of cannabis. [50] Subsequent summaries have reported continued expansion of such policies. [51] [52] Inclusion in this list is based on individual institutional policies, which may vary in scope and implementation.

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

United States

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

All public institutions are smoke-free as a result of the Arkansas Clean Air on Campus Act of 2009.

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Guam

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

All state-supported institutions in Illinois must be smoke-free, in compliance with the Illinois Smoke Free Campus Act, effective July 1, 2015. [102]

Indiana

Iowa

All public and private institutions are smoke-free by law. [103]

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Northern Mariana Islands

All public and private institutions are smoke-free by law.

Ohio

Oklahoma

All public institutions are tobacco-free by law.

Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

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