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Senate Council forms tobacco-free campus committee

By Alexander Hanna, Staff Writer • October 11, 2019

Senate President Chris Bonneau said Pitt and its Wellness Center are pushing to make Pitt a tobacco-free campus by the spring semester of 2020.

Pitt talks tobacco-free at Healthy U Fair

By Madeline Gavatorta and Janine Faust | News Staff • September 26, 2017

Standing among students petting therapy dogs and getting flu shots, Student Government President Max Kneis thanked the CVS Health Foundation and the American Cancer Society for giving the University of...

Pitt research center to study e-cigs on Twitter

By MCT Campus • October 6, 2014

Smoke Signals

By MCT Campus • October 6, 2014

Pitt student Kevin Pang and other researchers are studying what people are tweeting about electronic cigarettes to gage public opinion of the devices.

E-cigarettes give students new choices

By Dale Shoemaker / Staff Writer • September 21, 2014

The nicotine market’s newest competitor, the electronic cigarette, is gaining popularity among teenagers and young adults — including Pitt students.Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigs, are battery-powered...