Smoking ban resolution fails in MSA Senate

Posted to On Campus by Campbell Massie at 7:43 p.m., Dec. 3, 2008

The Missouri Students Association voted down a bill that would reccommen a smoking ban on campus in both indoor ad outdoor areas. The bill proposed limiting smoking to designated areas which the sponsors defined as parking lots and garages.

The bill's sponsor, Craig Stevenson, and Traci Harr of Campus-Community Alliances for Smoke-Free Environments cited a task force created two years ago by the chancellor to make a recommendation about smoking on campus and statistics that state that only 6 percent of students smoke daily and a large percentage would support a move to a smoke-free campus.

The vote came down to a tie between the senators, 15 to 15, with Senate Speaker Jonathan Mays abstaining from voting. Because a simple majority is necessary for the bill to pass, the bill failed.