In the beginning of August, LSU’s campus went tobacco and smoke free.
It’s the beginning of October and students are still smoking on campus.
The Louisiana Legislature approved Act 211, which permits the use of tobacco products on campus. 
Dr. Judith Sylvester is the associate professor of the Manship School of Mass Communication and founder of the organization Smoking Words. Smoking Words is a tobacco education program. Since 2000, Sylvester has been working towards a tobacco free campus.
LSU isn’t the only campus that has this policy; all of the SEC schools are either smoke or tobacco free.
Elizabeth Gelvin is a senior anthropology major. Smoking has been a part of her daily routine since high school. She said she hasn’t stopped smoking on campus after the ban.
”It’s frowned upon but it’s still just policy opposed to law,” said Gelvin.  “You can’t get a citation, you can’t get kicked out and you can still graduate.”
As of now, if students are found using tobacco products, they will be tried and possibly charged with behavioral misconduct. Sylvester says that the tobacco free efforts are a work in progress.
“We will gradually keep working at this, making sure they understand it,” said Sylvester. “As we move along with this there may be a need for more enforcement.”
Sylvester believes in the power of prevention through education. There are posters of the tobacco free policy all over campus. The Smoking Words organization will also have an event in November to bring awareness to the health consequences of tobacco products. 
“It’s just a community thing all the way around,” said Sylvester.  “We’ve all got to pull together on it.”