Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) - UNLV announced Friday that it will become a smoke-free campus on Aug. 15.
The policy will apply to students, faculty, staff, and visitors on all UNLV properties. This will include UNLV's Maryland Parkway, Shadow Lane, and Paradise campuses Thomas & Mack Center, and all other buildings or facilities owned, operated, leased, occupied or controlled by UNLV in Nevada.
The policy prohibits all forms of smoking, tobacco use, marijuana use, and unregulated nicotine products including, but not limited to:
- Cigarettes, cigars
- Pipes, hookahs, water pipes
- E-cigarettes
- Vape pens
- Bidis, Kreteks
- Smokeless tobacco
- Cannabis/marijuana in all forms
The smoke-free and tobacco-free campus policy was approved by UNLV's University Policy Committee in September 2021, and it will be in place in time for the Fall 2022 semester.