November 21, 2024
Eliminate Tobacco Use Day
Use our event toolkit to promote tobacco prevention, campus policy and cessation services at your institution
Amplify the national tobacco-free momentum
Who we are
The Eliminate Tobacco Use Initiative was founded by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas System in 2015. The national initiative grew out of foundational work in Texas as the initiative’s first state site. The primary aim of the initiative is to address tobacco use across colleges and universities and more effectively contribute to actions that create a tobacco-free culture.
Join us for our upcoming webinar
Date: December 12, 2024
Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM CST
December 2024 | Calendar Invite
Student Stories from Around the Nation
Featured Steering Committee Member
Latoya Oduniyi, M.P.H.
The University of Texas at Arlington
Featured Steering Committee Member
Corey J. Benson, M.Ed.
The University of Texas Permian Basin
Why Campuses
By starting with institutions of higher education, the initiative seeks to drive down tobacco use and serve as a model for other institutions and agencies across the nation.
2587
100% smoke-free campus sites in the US
OF THESE 100% SMOKEFREE SITES:
2,167 are also 100% tobacco-free everywhere
(includes non-combustible forms/smokeless)
2,259 also prohibit e-cigarette use everywhere
1,220 also prohibit hookah use everywhere
604 also prohibit smoking/vaping marijuana everywhere
Source: Smokefree and Tobacco-Free U.S. and Tribal Colleges and Universities, American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation, October 2024
Success Stories
ETU Summit 2025
Our annual summits provide an opportunity for partners to come together to learn from each other and national experts.