Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer The New Year has begun and with it has come a trail of controversial legislation passed in the last month. On Thursday, Dec. 19th, the legal smoking age was raised to 21 after pressure from multiple organizations regarding health problems. But despite these valid concerns, raising the minimum age was the wrong […]
Jennifer Sans/Contributing Writer Back in January 2011, the University began its smoke-free policy. The tobacco-free regulation prohibited the use of any smoking or tobacco product on University grounds. According to tobacco-free.fiu.edu, the first time a student is caught smoking on campus, the consequence is a slap on the wrist with a notice of violation. The […]
