The increased potential for fire hazards. Approximately thirty-five fire alarms each year are set off on campus due to smoking, and there have been fires caused by smoking in rooms, including a 1993 fire that caused minor injuries to a student, the evacuation of one hundred and fifty students and $350,000 in damage. The reduction in air-quality caused by second-hand smoke because the smoke cannot successfully be contained to individual dormitory rooms. Most air ducts in individual rooms are connected to ducts in common areas. New information regarding the risks of second-hand smoke and smoking in college, including a study by the Harvard School of Public Health that stated college students who live in smoke-free residence halls are forty percent less likely to take up smoking than their counterparts who live in housing where smoking is permitted. A 2004 health survey showing that less than seventeen percent of undergraduates smoke and, of those, about eighty-five percent said they hope to stop smoking before they graduate. A Web survey with two hundred and seventy-five respondents showed that sixty-three percent of undergraduates supported smoke-free housing. The prohibition of all or most smoking in dorms at all other Ivy League universities and many other institutions.

Currently, smoking is prohibited in all common areas of Princeton's undergraduate dormitories and residential colleges. Smoking is permitted in private residential rooms, but rights of nonsmokers prevail over those of smokers. Smoking also is prohibited in classrooms and offices on campus.
 
Dickerson noted that while the strongest argument against smoke-free housing relates to individual rights, the American Civil Liberties Union -- while supporting the individual's right to smoke -- also has supported the right of institutions to protect individuals from second-hand smoke. She said the Undergraduate Student Government has asked for students to be involved in the formation of regulations and that she is confident students will help develop well-conceived recommendations for implementing the new policy.

Three out of four smokers in the United States say they want to quit, but less than 5% of smokers who quit for at least a day are able to stay tobacco-free for three to 12 months.

Women make up Thirty nine percent of all smoking-related deaths every year in the United States.

Encouraging quitting for women of all ages. Quitting results in immediate health benefits for both light and heavy smokers.

Tips to help you quit smoking.

The government is to provide smoking cessation resources to the 46 million adults in the USA who smoke, we can make an enormous improvement in public health."

Does banning smoking in restaurants present any sort of economic risk? In areas where smoking bans are already in place do people eat out less often, and spend less money in restaurants?

A majority of smokers would like to quit smoking, and understand that smoke exposure is a hazard that must be regulated.