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Montgomery College Snuffs Out Smoking
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Some students predicted that they won't be laughing. (More colorful, yet unprintable, comments here.)
Isaac Kim, who smokes half a pack a day, said he wants to quit. But when he has tried, "it's horrible. It's horrible." Cigarettes help him concentrate, too, he said, so he's worried about three-hour lectures without a smoke break. "That's going to be a problem."
Montgomery College has a Web site with links to off-campus smoking cessation programs and may offer some on campus this fall, Ackerman said. About 18 percent of the people on campus use tobacco.
Nooni Reatig, who is taking math classes before studying architecture at graduate school, said: "I think that even though people might not like it in the beginning, once we get used to it, we won't see how we could deal with it before.
"As a culture we're becoming more healthy. . . . When I go to other parts of the world, sit in a cafe with a lot of people smoking, it affects me. I just take for granted that I can sit outside and eat smoke-free."
Kim said he's not surprised about the rule, because it seems as if smoking is forbidden everywhere, absolutely everywhere.
So where does he smoke now? "In my car," he said.
As long as it's not on campus.
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