Why has NIDA instituted a Smoke-Free Meeting Policy?
Increasingly, health organizations recognize their exemplar role and are considering holding conferences only in jurisdictions that protect the public from ETS. C-Change, the American Public Health Association and others have enacted policies requiring that their conferences be held only in smoke-free jurisdictions. Recently, the NCI was the first NIH Institute to institute such a policy. Following their lead, NIDA will be convening meetings and conferences only in smoke-free cities, counties and states thereby recognizing the contribution of jurisdictions that have chosen to protect the public from ETS exposure, helping to make progress toward NIDA’s goal of eliminating the adverse health effects of tobacco use.
