University President William Powers Jr., said he opposes a campus-wide ban on smoking in his annual address to UT staff on Thursday.
Powers told Staff Council a complete ban on smoking would overstep the appropriate limits the University currently places on where individuals can smoke.
“What we’re doing is saying we are going to limit the freedom of the person who wants to smoke for the benefit of the people who don’t want to be in a smoke-filled office or room,” Powers said. “I think that is perfectly appropriate, and I agree with that.”
This month, Student Government passed a resolution calling for a seven-year process to ban smoking campus-wide. The resolution would also make the University Health Services’ Quitters smoking-cessation classes available to faculty and staff without a fee. The four-class program is already available to students free of charge and to staff and faculty for a fee.
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