Holyoke Community College  annoucnces they are going smoke free

Holyoke Community College President William Messner announced today that the entire campus will become smoke free on August 13, 2012. On that day, smoking will no longer be permitted in any building or outdoor area on the 135-acre HCC campus. Smoking is now only allowed outdoors outside 20-foot buffer zones around entryways.

“The decision to establish a smoke-free campus reflects HCC’s commitment to provide an accessible, safe and healthy environment in which to learn and work,” Messner said in a message sent out today to the HCC community. “It is also a result of the efforts of HCC students and the staff members of the HCC Smoke-Free Committee, who urged us to join the hundreds of other colleges and universities that have already made ‘smoke-free’ a reality.”

The full text of Messner’s statement is available on the HCC Web site at www.hcc.edu/smokefree, along with resources and links for people who want to quit smoking.