You may have noticed new signage being installed around Whitireia campuses over the last few days. All campuses are having signage installed advising that from 1 January 2013 Whitireia will be smokefree.
Whitireia campuses in Wellington, Auckland, Porirua, and Kāpiti will be smokefree from 1 January 2013. Having a total smokefree environment has long been in discussion here at Whitireia. It has been a gradual process and is now being fully implemented. This has the full support of the Health and Safety Committee and Senior Management at Whitireia.
The driving force behind this change is our commitment to providing a positive, healthy learning environment. We teach a range of health programmes and have an ethic of doing the right thing for all who work and study here. Having a total smokefree environment endorses the values we believe in as an organisation.
Whitireia are asking staff and students to be responsible and play an active part in making this total smokefree ban successful.
We are not asking anyone to give up smoking; this is your choice. If you do decide that this is a good time to “quit” then the support the polytechnic currently offers will be available to you at this time.
From: Whitireia Marketing & Communications Team