This policy will go into effect on Aug.15, 2022. 

It will apply to students, faculty, staff and visitors on all UNLV properties. Organizers and attendees at public events, such as conferences, meetings, public lectures, social events, cultural events, and sporting events using university facilities are required to abide by the Smoke-Free, Tobacco-Free Campus policy. Organizers of such events are responsible for communicating the policy to attendees.

The policy includes the UNLV Maryland Campus, Shadow Lane Campuses, and all other buildings or facilities owned, operated, leased, occupied, or controlled by UNLV in the state of Nevada. This also includes Thomas & Mack Center.

The boundaries include any property owned, operated, leased, occupied, or controlled by UNLV. This includes indoor and outdoor UNLV properties in the state of Nevada including, but not limited to all buildings and structures, sidewalks, parking lots, walkways, attached parking structures and university-owned vehicles. 

Events or activities scheduled elsewhere are bound by the policies or rules of the event coordinator or property manager.

Smoking or tobacco use locations will not be available on UNLV campuses and properties after the policy goes into effect.

This policy prohibits all forms of tobacco and any nicotine delivery device that has not been approved by the FDA for cessation. (The FDA has the authority to regulate e-cigarettes as a "tobacco product" under the Tobacco Control Act). E-Cigarettes and vape pens promote and/or perpetuate nicotine addiction, and thus for many people may lead (or lead back) to cigarette use.

All forms of smoking, tobacco and marijuana use, and unregulated nicotine products, including but not limited to:

• cigarettes, cigars (commercially or self-rolled)
• pipes, hookahs, water pipes
• electronic cigarettes
• vape pens
• Bidis, Kreteks
• smokeless tobacco (e.g., snuff, snus, chew)
• Cannabis / marijuana in all forms including smoking, edibles, pills, or skin applications

Smoking refers to inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying of any lighted or heated tobacco or marijuana product, as well as non-tobacco smoking substances and smoking instruments.

UNLV respects cultural and religious practices that include the use of tobacco as well as the possible need to conduct research on tobacco and tobacco products.

Exempt from this policy is burning tobacco on the UNLV campus as part of university-sponsored activities by cultural or religious groups for ceremonial purposes and in compliance with state and federal law, which includes the ceremonial burning of tobacco by American Indians. All tobacco burning under this exemption must be approved by the UNLV Office of the Executive Vice President & Provost before the tobacco is burned.

For visitors, we believe education and reminders about the smoke-free and tobacco-free policy will be important and the university will provide messaging on university affiliated materials, websites, vendor contracts and for special events.

The Office of Student Conduct shall address violations of this policy by students. Supervisors shall address violations of this policy by employees. The Office of Student Conduct and Supervisors shall address a first violation of this policy by a student or employee through education about this policy and about smoking and tobacco-use. Violations of this policy may result in verbal warning or written documentation of violations of UNLV policy for employees and students.

No. The policy prohibits smoking and using tobacco products anywhere on the UNLV campus. This includes prohibiting smoking and using tobacco products in privately owned cars or other vehicles parked or located on the UNLV campus.

These buildings are considered on-campus housing. UNLV/NSHE owns these properties and leases them to a 3rd party. Therefore, they are considered part of the UNLV campus under the policy. Smoking and using tobacco outside, near these buildings is prohibited when on the UNLV campus, which includes sidewalks and other outdoor areas near The Degree and The Legacy that are surrounded by UNLV property.

This policy prohibits smoking and using tobacco anywhere on the UNLV campus. It applies to sidewalks and all outdoor areas on campus. This includes sidewalks that cross campus or that are surrounded by UNLV property but excludes sidewalks adjacent to campus that abut a public street.