NEWSBEAT REPORTER

College campuses nationwide have followed the trend of becoming smoke-free.

Though LSU is behind on this, one woman is committed to changing that in the future.

Around the LSU campus, you can find people smoking everywhere, despite the designated non-smoking signs.

It’s not only bad for smokers, but for the environment and for secondhand smokers as well.

To Judith Sylvester, an associate professor in the Manship School of Mass Communication, this is a big problem on campus.

She is the founder of “Smoking Words,” founded in 2001, to educate students on the dangers of smoking.

“Making the campus smoke free will take time, but she believes it will happen,” said Sylvester. “and the goal of that initiative is to create smoke- free campuses. It’s a little bit tougher at l-s-u because of the size and the resistance to this idea”

Sylvester takes this job this job seriously, but other students may not.

“It’s a little too much, you know?” said student Ann Smith. “You shouldn’t’ force people to not smoke. It’s outside.”

Some students have already experienced smoke free life on campus.

“The school I went to before, it was like non-smoking,” said Rhiannon Aswald. “I see people smoke and I’m like, wait a minute, are you supposed to be smoking? I’m not really sure, but I mean it doesn’t really bother me but it would be better for the environment.”

Students interested in this organization can stop by Judith Sylvester’s door to sign up, or click here.