Gothamist: NYC Dorms Go Back to School Smoke-Free

Thespis

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:12:14 -0500

@6 - Yeah, like any other adult... As we allow the cities to ban tobacco, foie gras, trans fats, and anything else that could be bad, society's going to look more and more like a Columbia dorm room. (Or the People's Republic of China -- though it's kinda hard to tell the difference these days.) But, seriously, you can't go to Columbia if you even want to "possess" tobacco? If true, then, man, what a crock of hyper-controlling, helicopter-parent shite that is.

Spiritof76

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:04:32 -0500

Wow, can Bottomless Chips be any more illogical? Columbia and NYU both have stricter rules than the State requires and he says they should tell the State to drop dead. Uh, what? Put down the bong and step slowly away.

jenspellnogood

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:25:05 -0500

Just love those liberals; think or do anything you want as long as it's what we say you can or cannot. What type of free-thinking grads can we expect from these institutions? People...our future is fucked, and we have only ourselves to blame. Oh and the fucking arabs and chinks too.

TJ

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:20:20 -0500

NYU banned cigarette smoking in its dorms in 2006.

agdthefan

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:39:04 -0500

I like that you can't even possess tobacco items. WAre they going to check pocketbooks like my dad checked mine when I was 14? I'm glad this is what the govt does. Anything to keep that giant hole at the former WTC. Way to go losers.

Bottomless Chips

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:27:11 -0500

Columbia, NYU and any other private college should tell the state to go fuck themselves.

Outter Burrougher

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:26:32 -0500

because why should an 18-22 year old be treated like any other adult

Nick S

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:25:30 -0500

did anyone else engineer a gnarly "blow tube" for dorm pot smoking? i can't smell dryer sheets without thinking of smoking pot with my freshman year roommate.

JenChungsBra

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:21:04 -0500

If they enforce the tobacco rules as well as they enforce rules against pot smoking in dorms then you should be able to smoke 20 cigars a day without a problem. At least in my experience....circa 1985.

edEx

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:19:07 -0500

it'll be easier to smoke the green inside than the brown.

Nick S

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:17:32 -0500

tobacco brownies? ew.

takethecanoli

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:15:00 -0500

Time to switch to brownies.