Profession
Two medical schools ban smoking
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Aug. 6, 2007
Stanford University School of Medicine in California will prohibit smoking outdoors on its medical campus as of Aug. 15. The change comes barely a month after a similar policy took effect at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
At least 10 other institutions have no-smoking policies, according to the Assn. of American Medical Colleges.
Stanford already had a ban on smoking inside school facilities.
Discussions are ongoing whether to extend the outdoor smoking ban to the grounds surrounding the university's medical center. At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center the ban includes all of the system's property, including areas at 17 hospitals.
Officials at both campuses cited growing evidence that secondhand smoke in outside venues is harmful.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2007/08/06/prbf0806.htm.
