OTC is a Tobacco-Free institution. We commit ourselves to providing its students, employees and visitors with a safe and healthy environment. OTC does not allow any consumption of tobacco or tobacco products on any college property or in any college facility. This rule applies to all buildings, grounds, sidewalks and streets within the campus proper. The institution displays notices of the tobacco-free policy at all college locations.
OTC became one of the first higher education institutions in the US to make its campuses tobacco-free in 2003. OTC established the Center of Excellence for Tobacco-Free Campus Policy in 2004. In 2010, OTC moved the Center of Excellence for Tobacco-Free Campus Policy from under OTC and reorganized itself as the National Center for Tobacco Policy. This institution is a nonprofit organization that helps organizations develop, implement and sustain tobacco-free or smoke-free open space policies. Information about the NCTP is available at www.tobaccofreenow.org.
Ty Patterson
Director, National Center for Tobacco Policy
417 773 4262