« You enter a campus without tobacco ". Here are the panels that will welcome in a few months students and staff of the School of Advanced Studies in Public Health (EHESP) in Rennes. If smoke-free campuses already exist abroad, particularly in Quebec, the approach remains unprecedented in France.
AN ACTION IN A CAMPUS AGAINST TOBACCO!
Training each year executives, inspectors and students in public health, the EHESP « had to show the example According to its director Laurent Chambaud. " We train people who will work daily on these issues of prevention and public health, so it seemed natural to us to engage in this process He says.
From May 31, 2018, the date of World No Tobacco Day, the Rennes school, located on the Villejean campus, will therefore officially become the first tobacco-free campus in France. To grill their cigarettes, smokers will therefore be invited to move away from the school entrances. " We will not be able to smoke anywhere outside. We will install dedicated areas for smokers at the edge of the campus ", precise Laurent Chambaud. On the other hand, no sanction is envisaged against the offenders. " I am not in favor, we will be more in the pedagogy "Says the director.
In parallel with these actions, which will be accompanied by dedicated signage on campus, the School of Advanced Studies in Public Health will also strengthen the support of staff and learners who wish to quit smoking, with the help of a nurse and a sophologist.
Source : 20minutes.fr/
