Join the Tobacco-Free Generation Campus Initiative

The American Cancer Society, under the direction of its Center for Tobacco Control, is providing grants and technical assistance to accelerate and expand the adoption and implementation of 100% smoke- and tobacco-free policies on college and university campuses across the nation. Please join us by applying to the Tobacco-Free Generation Campus Initiative (TFGCI) grant program, today!

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TFGCI Cohorts 3 & 4, photos from the 2019 Annual Grantee Meeting are now available at this page

Congratulations to all of our 2019 Tobacco-Free Generation Campus Initiative (TFGCI) Award Winners:

• The Innovation Award recognizing outstanding innovation in campus education and engagement: University of Hawaii at Manoa

• The “In it to Quit it” Award recognizing outstanding efforts to provide cessation resources to the campus community: University of Tennessee

• The “Ain’t no Mountain High Enough” Award recognizing resilience to challenges while adopting a policy: University of Richmond

• The Champion Award recognizing a faculty member or staff’s outstanding championship of campus tobacco control efforts: Bilqis Amatus-Salaam of University of Tennessee, Knoxville

• The Student MVP Award recognizing outstanding student leadership in campus tobacco control efforts: Cecelia Schaefer of Minnesota State Univerity – Makato; Lauren Carson of Gannon University; and, an honorable mention to Gabbie Burnham of University of Richmond

According to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, as of January 2nd, 2020, there are now at least 2,487 100% smoke-free campus sites. Of these, 2,062 are also 100% tobacco-free, 541 explicitly apply all tobacco protections to personal vehicles on campus, and 2,094 also prohibit e-cigarette use. 1,111 also prohibit hookah use everywhere and 485 also prohibit smoking/vaping marijuana everywhere.