Comments on: �鶹��ýMānoa to be smoke-free by July 1

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 01:54:36 +0000

First I would like to applaud the university in banning smoking on campus. Smoking will kill you and eventually others around you. My own mother died from smoking right before I started graduate school. However, I am not without pity for smokers, I realize you need a fix from your drug. When I was at the university of New Mexico (which banned smoking as well)the same uproar about “smokers rights” came up. I offered a solution to smokers then in the opinion section of the Daily Lobo. I will offer the same solution now to the students of �鶹��ýManoa. One does not need to “smoke” tobacco to get the effects of nicotine. In fact, nicotine can be delivered into the blood stream in a multitude of ways without involving the act of smoking. So how, you might ask, can we do this? The answer is really simple, and actually was inspired by the Jan. 21, 2010 Daily Lobo column, “Doing it in the Duke city” entitled “Clean and painless anal sex — no butts about it” by Miss Hunter Riley. The unexplored, fun and pleasurable route for compliance to the tobacco policy is, of course, the anus. There are multitudes of capillaries and a rich blood supply in the lower small intestine near the anus. Nicotine could be easily and quickly absorbed into the bloodstream through this entry point. Therefore, as the primary method in gaining compliance to the new university tobacco policy, I suggest nicotine suppositories and/or enemas. Imagine, as a nicotine user you could insert a suppository (or drain an enema bag) before class and ride calming nicotine-induced waves without disturbing others. Just think: No smoke, no cigarette butts, no smell, the possibility of an orgasm (see miss Hunter Riley’s article), and you could do it anywhere. This is the perfect solution. So, all you smokers, bend over and start smoking!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 20:42:50 +0000

Who smokes in the middle of a field anyway? Most of the time I have to walk through smoke clouds on my way to class. Auwe!

By: Asia Novak

Asia Novak — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:35:42 +0000

Finally! Thank you! I’ve long thought that someone else’s decision to smoke shouldn’t interfere with my right to clean air and a healthy environment. Way to go UHM!

By: Pablo Wegesend

Pablo Wegesend — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 19:23:41 +0000

cmon stated smoking affects people AROUND you physically, because of second hand smoke, in a way that drinking and fast food do not.

Again, alcohol is more responsible for car crashes, physical violence and sexual assaults than smoking!

By: Lily

Lily — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 08:01:37 +0000

All of you think that there are other things to worry about? Do you people read? Signs say “walk your wheels” but everyone ignores them. You all are attending a university, but you can’t even read a simple sign that tells you what to do. If you don’t like how the university is, go to school on the mainland. Go smoke where you’re not in the vicinity of others who are NOT smoking. Take online classes so you don’t disturb others with your habit. Or better yet, don’t smoke at all. Cause all of you want to live right? If you can’t even abide by the rules, you might as drop out of university and go back to elementary so you relearn about rules.

By: cmon kids

cmon kids — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 07:47:32 +0000

Also, please READ: “�鶹��ýMānoa has been working on this policy since March 2012, when the Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi and the Mānoa Faculty Senate passed resolutions in support of a tobacco-free campus.”

This is not the big, bad administration trying to enforce a policy against the will of the people, it IS the will of most of the campus community, and if you have a problem with it, maybe get involved with the Faculty Senate or ASUH. Fix the whining, �鶹��ýManoa.

By: cmon kids

cmon kids — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 07:33:31 +0000

Didn’t think it would be necessary to explain to academics but smoking affects people AROUND you physically, because of second hand smoke, in a way that drinking and fast food do not. LOL at the elaborate straw man construction here. Should we ban driving bc it kills more people than drinking? Stop the madness.

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 06:20:07 +0000

I agree with the opposition. Smokers have rights, too! We pay just as much tuition for classes that non-smokers take, we pay all these student fees that we don’t ever make use of (i.e. student athletic fees, etc.)…why can’t you leave us with something! At least leave us with smoking sections around campus. And what about that BAR at Bale? Doesn’t alcohol consumption lead to all sorts of health problems, not to mention the people who cannot handle their alcohol (or their bladder, for that matter)? What are we doing to ban alcohol consumption on campus? The way I see it, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If smokers can’t smoke on campus, then drinkers shouldn’t be able to drink on campus. I wonder how the people who visit Bale for alcoholic beverages would feel if we initiated a no drinking on campus proposal. I have noticed that there are quite a few “drinkers” who also happen to smoke. I wonder what will become of them if they can’t enjoy a couple of cocktails AND A CIGARETTE. Furthermore, why did we even enact this policy, when we’ve got MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES to deal with (like increased lighting for enhanced safety)? No smoking on campus, in Hawaii, in a ‘Free Country,’ I’m confused! What free rights do student smokers have???

By: Pablo Wegesend

Pablo Wegesend — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 05:57:30 +0000

While the university bans smoking (supposedly to save us from harm), it will still sell alcohol which is more associated with car crashes, physical violence and sexual assault!

By: Phung

Phung — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:24:53 +0000

In reply to Ryan. We all know second hand smoke is dangerous. That is why he said it doesn't harm anyone else *if you're in the middle of the field smoking* and ensuring there is a reasonable amount of distance between you and others around. I always make sure when i smoke, even in a designated area, that I create space between me and others around me before I light one up. Im not proud that I accept the risks involved with smoking for myself, and the last thing Id want to do is accept that risk for others. Banning smoking completely without designated smoking areas will prove to be a complete failure and impossible to enforce.